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$4.25 +0.05 (+1.19%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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LYG vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, SAN, TD, 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), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Lloyds Banking Group vs.

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

Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 57.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 36.3% 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.

HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 11.45%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lloyds Banking Group11.45% 8.46% 0.44%
HSBC 16.17%12.20%0.79%

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

In the previous week, HSBC had 19 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for HSBC and 4 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat HSBC's score of 0.60 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lloyds Banking Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HSBC
13 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

HSBC received 45 more outperform votes than Lloyds Banking Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.08% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 58.23% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lloyds Banking GroupOutperform Votes
921
67.08%
Underperform Votes
452
32.92%
HSBCOutperform Votes
966
58.23%
Underperform Votes
693
41.77%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lloyds Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lloyds Banking Group$18.91B3.40$6.79B$0.3512.14
HSBC$68.12B3.08$23.53B$5.4510.90

Summary

HSBC beats Lloyds Banking Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LYG vs. The Competition

MetricLloyds Banking GroupCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$64.31B$40.37B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield5.08%3.97%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio12.889.6722.4234.53
Price / Sales3.401.7227.6334.84
Price / Cash5.099.6317.6217.51
Price / Book1.151.412.774.69
Net Income$6.79B$3.43B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance6.38%1.37%-1.34%-2.43%
1 Month Performance8.42%6.95%5.24%6.27%
1 Year Performance53.15%36.37%538.04%5.78%

Lloyds Banking Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LYG
Lloyds Banking Group
3.7496 of 5 stars
$4.25
+1.2%
N/A+49.4%$64.31B$18.91B12.8859,400Positive News
HSBC
HSBC
2.2692 of 5 stars
$59.60
+1.2%
N/A+34.4%$210.66B$68.12B9.61219,000Trending News
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.8156 of 5 stars
$73.71
+0.9%
N/A+29.5%$186.66B$2.87T22.40141,600Positive News
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.1271 of 5 stars
$127.07
+1.0%
$156.50
+23.2%
+19.4%$179.73B$60.46B15.3891,400Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.4954 of 5 stars
$13.75
+1.6%
N/A+37.8%$165.93B$6.78T12.61135,000Positive News
C
Citigroup
4.9551 of 5 stars
$76.10
+0.5%
$83.97
+10.3%
+14.9%$142.13B$81.68B12.79240,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.8841 of 5 stars
$34.27
+0.8%
N/A+26.1%$122.12B$2.06T22.70105,800Stock Split
SAN
Banco Santander
3.8839 of 5 stars
$7.85
+1.3%
N/A+54.6%$118.95B$63.41B9.46206,500
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.4605 of 5 stars
$64.75
+0.7%
$80.50
+24.3%
+19.3%$112.40B$57.52B18.6693,700Trending News
UBS
UBS Group
3.7856 of 5 stars
$33.73
+2.1%
N/A+6.8%$108.15B$44.79B22.1972,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.7506 of 5 stars
$14.52
+1.2%
N/A+19.5%$94.00B$5.07T14.10101,000Earnings Report
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This page (NYSE:LYG) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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