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 declared a dividend on Thursday, April 16th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 2nd will be paid a dividend of GBX 2.25 per share on Wednesday, May 27th. This represents a yield of 4.03%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 2nd. This is an increase from Lloyds Banking Group's previous dividend of $1.12. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Lloyds Banking Group's Dividend History.

17 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Lloyds Banking Group's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 54 to GBX 78. On average, they anticipate Lloyds Banking Group's share price to reach GBX 65.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Lloyds Banking Group.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Lloyds Banking Group in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Lloyds Banking Group.

Media headlines about LLOY stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lloyds Banking Group earned a coverage optimism score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely 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 Commerzbank (CBK), AIB Group (AIBG), 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), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Charter Court Financial Services Grp (CCFS), 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 55.35.

Lloyds Banking Group has a market capitalization of £38.90 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.