LON:LLOY - Lloyds Banking Group Share Price, Forecast & News

Lloyds Banking Group trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "LLOY."

Lloyds Banking Group announced a dividend on Wednesday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 8th will be paid a dividend of GBX 1.12 per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 8th. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Lloyds Banking Group's Dividend History.

19 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Lloyds Banking Group's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 54 to GBX 88. On average, they anticipate Lloyds Banking Group's stock price to reach GBX 66.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Lloyds Banking Group.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lloyds Banking Group in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Lloyds Banking Group.

News stories about LLOY stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lloyds Banking Group earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Lloyds Banking Group.

Some companies that are related to Lloyds Banking Group include AIB Group (AIBG), Commerzbank (CBK), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), CYBG PLC/IDR UNRESTR (CYB), Cybg (CYBG), OneSavings Bank (OSB), Aareal Bank (ARL), NATE BUIL/DEFD (NBS), Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), Charter Court Financial Services Grp (CCFS), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Bank of Cyprus (BOCH), Metro Bank (MTRO), Caribbean Investment (CIHL) and Alpha Bank (ALBKY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Lloyds Banking Group investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Barclays (BARC), Barclays (BCS), Boohoo Group (BOO), Glencore (GLEN), Sirius Minerals (SXX), NEW WORLD DEV L/ADR (NDVLY), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA), Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB) and Legal & General Group (LGEN).

Shares of LLOY and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of LLOY stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 58.45.

Lloyds Banking Group has a market capitalization of £40.95 billion and generates £16.93 billion in revenue each year. Lloyds Banking Group employs 64,928 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Lloyds Banking Group.

The official website for Lloyds Banking Group is http://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/.

Lloyds Banking Group's mailing address is 25 Gresham Street, LONDON, EC2V 7HN, United Kingdom. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at +44-20-76261500.