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LYG vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, C, MUFG, SAN, TD, IBN, UBS, and SMFG

Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Lloyds Banking Group vs. Its Competitors

HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HSBC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HSBC$141.75B1.56$23.98B$5.0512.58
Lloyds Banking Group$19.10B3.44$5.65B$0.4010.94

Lloyds Banking Group has a net margin of 17.51% compared to HSBC's net margin of 13.48%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.73% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HSBC13.48% 12.73% 0.81%
Lloyds Banking Group 17.51%9.28%0.48%

HSBC has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

HSBC currently has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.80%. Given HSBC's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe HSBC is more favorable than Lloyds Banking Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Lloyds Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. HSBC pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 30.0% 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.

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, HSBC had 12 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for HSBC and 16 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat HSBC's score of 0.52 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HSBC
14 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lloyds Banking Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

HSBC and Lloyds Banking Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LYG vs. The Competition

MetricLloyds Banking GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$65.50B$67.69B$12.16B$20.69B
Dividend Yield2.97%3.65%5.64%3.66%
P/E Ratio10.918.9219.9328.68
Price / Sales3.444.4726.1666.15
Price / Cash6.999.5421.4923.59
Price / Book1.051.362.114.32
Net Income$5.65B$6.72B$1.00B$995.66M
7 Day Performance-0.11%4.30%1.27%2.10%
1 Month Performance5.93%3.39%0.19%-0.36%
1 Year Performance51.65%50.25%543.43%15.07%

Lloyds Banking Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LYG
Lloyds Banking Group
4.395 of 5 stars
$4.38
+0.8%
N/A+54.6%$65.50B$19.10B10.9161,228Analyst Upgrade
HSBC
HSBC
1.4822 of 5 stars
$61.82
+0.7%
$63.00
+1.9%
+54.3%$214.27B$141.75B12.24211,304
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.1398 of 5 stars
$76.46
-0.7%
N/A+27.4%$194.94B$55.70B23.45214,521Positive News
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.6672 of 5 stars
$129.94
+1.0%
$193.00
+48.5%
+23.3%$180.80B$98.71B14.4494,838Trending News
C
Citigroup
4.9002 of 5 stars
$92.03
+0.2%
$96.54
+4.9%
+62.7%$171.51B$170.76B13.59239,000Trending News
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.4889 of 5 stars
$13.79
-1.0%
N/A+53.1%$167.98B$89.51B13.13150,800Positive News
Earnings Report
SAN
Banco Santander
2.9435 of 5 stars
$8.67
+3.2%
N/A+105.3%$125.04B$66.96B9.63199,958Gap Up
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
3.7757 of 5 stars
$73.48
+1.3%
$93.00
+26.6%
+30.4%$124.44B$88.27B10.77102,190News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.0691 of 5 stars
$33.20
-1.3%
N/A+18.3%$120.03B$22.68B20.50187,765Gap Up
UBS
UBS Group
3.4149 of 5 stars
$37.34
+1.8%
N/A+38.2%$117.58B$84.56B19.75108,648Trending News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.489 of 5 stars
$15.22
+1.0%
N/A+32.9%$97.58B$66.82B16.03123,000Positive News

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