LLOY vs. BNC, BARC, NWG, RKT, COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, BOY, and DFS
Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include Banco Santander (BNC), Barclays (BARC), NatWest Group (NWG), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), and DFS Furniture (DFS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Lloyds Banking Group vs. Its Competitors
Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) and Banco Santander (LON:BNC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% 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.
Banco Santander has a net margin of 20.05% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 16.66%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 12.99% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lloyds Banking Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 77.20, indicating a potential downside of 4.64%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.
In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 31 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 3 mentions for Banco Santander. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.44 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
50.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Banco Santander beats Lloyds Banking Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:LLOY) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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