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Lion Finance Group (BGEO) Competitors

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6,928.06 -86.94 (-1.24%)
As of 07/4/2025 07:39 PM Eastern

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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lion Finance Group73.73% 38.89% 5.73%
Lloyds Banking Group 16.66%11.22%0.57%

Lion Finance Group has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 11 more articles in the media than Lion Finance Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 2 mentions for Lion Finance Group. Lion Finance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.45 indicating that Lion Finance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lion Finance Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lloyds Banking Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lion Finance GroupGEL3.09B99.15GEL2.28BGEL5.17 thousand1.34
Lloyds Banking Group£28.75B1.59£4.79B£7.919.53

Lloyds Banking Group has a consensus price target of GBX 64.25, indicating a potential downside of 14.74%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than Lion Finance Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lion Finance Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Lloyds Banking Group
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Lion Finance Group pays an annual dividend of 232.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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.

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BGEO vs. The Competition

MetricLion Finance GroupBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market CapGEL306.07BGEL17.62BGEL6.41BGEL2.96B
Dividend Yield4.53%4.30%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio1.348.9713.47147.88
Price / Sales99.1547.051,784.55258,917.23
Price / CashN/A14.2548.8627.97
Price / Book0.470.651.404.61
Net IncomeGEL2.28BGEL16.75BGEL1.25BGEL5.90B
7 Day Performance-0.96%0.83%0.56%1.04%
1 Month Performance0.92%4.01%3.27%5.12%
1 Year Performance66.14%25.06%15.39%80.81%

Lion Finance Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGEO
Lion Finance Group
N/A6,928.06
-1.2%
N/A+71.5%GEL306.07BGEL3.09B1.3412,078High Trading Volume
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.5692 of 5 stars
GBX 76.47
-0.3%
GBX 64.25
-16.0%
+32.5%£46.37B£28.75B9.6759,400
NWG
NatWest Group
3.2712 of 5 stars
GBX 501.40
-2.0%
GBX 526.67
+5.0%
+48.4%£40.14B£24.36B9.0061,000News Coverage
Insider Trade
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 582
-3.0%
N/A+37.2%£16.26B£5.27B7.9510,551
BIRG
Bank of Ireland Group
N/AGBX 11.89
-1.9%
N/A+22.4%£11.92B£406.20B8.0610,845
VMUK
Virgin Money UK
N/AN/AN/AN/A£2.83B£1.58B946.098,110
TBCG
TBC Bank Group
N/AGBX 4,609.63
-0.7%
N/A+80.6%£2.62B£2.74B2.1010,267News Coverage
BOCH
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public
2.065 of 5 stars
N/AGBX 595
+∞
N/A£1.66B£1.07B2,678.572,847High Trading Volume
NBS
Nationwide Building Society
N/AGBX 131
+0.7%
N/A-1.2%£1.40B£1.07T0.9318,099
PTSB
Permanent TSB Group
N/AGBX 2.06
+4.0%
N/A+56.1%£1.21B£104.62B11.413,330Gap Up
MTRO
Metro Bank
N/AGBX 128.80
-2.6%
N/A+247.4%£880.67M£752.96M-36.004,286

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This page (LON:BGEO) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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