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. Stockholders of record on Thursday, April 2nd will be paid a dividend of GBX 2.25 per share on Wednesday, May 27th. This represents a dividend 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 viewed at this link. View Lloyds Banking Group's Dividend History.

17 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Lloyds Banking Group's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 54 to GBX 78. On average, they expect Lloyds Banking Group's stock price to reach GBX 65.21 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.4% 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.

News headlines about LLOY stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Lloyds Banking Group earned a daily sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Lloyds Banking Group.

Some companies that are related to Lloyds Banking Group include Commerzbank (CBK), CYBG PLC/IDR UNRESTR (CYB), Cybg (CYBG), OneSavings Bank (OSB), NATE BUIL/DEFD (NBS), Aareal Bank (ARL), Bank of Georgia Group (BGEO), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Charter Court Financial Services Grp (CCFS), Metro Bank (MTRO), AIB Group (AIBG), Caribbean Investment (CIHL), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), Bank of Cyprus (BOCH) 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 52.01.

Lloyds Banking Group has a market capitalization of £36.56 billion and generates £17.17 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.