BGEO vs. LLOY, NWG, AIBG, BIRG, VMUK, TBCG, BOCH, NBS, PTSB, and MTRO
Should you be buying Lion Finance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lion Finance Group include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), AIB Group (AIBG), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Virgin Money UK (VMUK), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), Nationwide Building Society (NBS), Permanent TSB Group (PTSB), and Metro Bank (MTRO). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Lion Finance Group vs. Its Competitors
Lion Finance Group (LON:BGEO) and Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Lion Finance Group has a net margin of 73.73% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 16.66%. Lion Finance Group's return on equity of 38.89% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
Lion Finance Group has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lion Finance Group pays an annual dividend of 232.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Lion Finance Group pays out 4.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lion Finance Group. Lion Finance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lloyds Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
52.4% of Lion Finance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.9% of Lion Finance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lloyds Banking Group has a consensus price target of GBX 86.80, indicating a potential upside of 9.15%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than Lion Finance Group.
In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 14 more articles in the media than Lion Finance Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 13 mentions for Lion Finance Group. Lion Finance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.51 indicating that Lion Finance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Lion Finance Group and Lloyds Banking Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BGEO) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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