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Lion Finance Group (BGEO) Competitors

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7,045.00 +65.00 (+0.93%)
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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

Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) and Lion Finance Group (LON:BGEO) 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 earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

50.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of Lion Finance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.9% of Lion Finance Group shares are held by 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.

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
Lloyds Banking Group16.66% 11.22% 0.57%
Lion Finance Group 73.73%38.89%5.73%

Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Lion Finance Group pays an annual dividend of 232.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lion Finance Group pays out 4.5% 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lloyds Banking Group£28.75B1.59£4.79B£7.919.56
Lion Finance GroupGEL3.09B100.82GEL2.28BGEL5.17 thousand1.36

In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 15 more articles in the media than Lion Finance Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 2 mentions for Lion Finance Group. Lion Finance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.42 indicating that Lion Finance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lloyds Banking Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
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 currently has a consensus price target of GBX 64.25, suggesting a potential downside of 14.99%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than Lion Finance Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
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
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

Summary

Lloyds Banking Group and Lion Finance 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 CapGEL311.24BGEL17.88BGEL6.21BGEL2.96B
Dividend Yield4.53%4.30%4.18%5.02%
P/E Ratio1.369.0713.15150.20
Price / Sales100.8247.081,750.04239,811.95
Price / CashN/A14.2549.6227.97
Price / Book0.480.651.914.54
Net IncomeGEL2.28BGEL16.75BGEL1.23BGEL5.90B
7 Day Performance1.81%0.69%0.40%1.41%
1 Month Performance2.25%3.62%3.04%4.64%
1 Year Performance60.84%24.13%15.09%79.64%

Lion Finance Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BGEO
Lion Finance Group
N/A7,045.00
+0.9%
N/A+67.4%GEL311.24BGEL3.09B1.3612,078Gap Up
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.4961 of 5 stars
GBX 76.47
-0.3%
GBX 64.25
-16.0%
+29.9%£46.37B£28.75B9.6759,400
NWG
NatWest Group
3.382 of 5 stars
GBX 501.40
-2.0%
GBX 526.67
+5.0%
+49.8%£40.14B£24.36B9.0061,000Positive News
AIBG
AIB Group
N/AGBX 582
-3.0%
N/A+36.6%£16.26B£5.27B7.9510,551
BIRG
Bank of Ireland Group
N/AGBX 11.89
-1.9%
N/A+23.8%£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+72.2%£2.62B£2.74B2.1010,267
BOCH
Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public
2.0105 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/AN/A£1.40B£1.07T0.9318,099News Coverage
PTSB
Permanent TSB Group
N/AGBX 2.06
+4.0%
N/A+58.8%£1.21B£104.62B11.413,330News Coverage
Gap Up
MTRO
Metro Bank
N/AGBX 128.80
-2.6%
N/A+259.1%£880.67M£752.96M-36.004,286

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This page (LON:BGEO) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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