LYG vs. HSBC, RY, MUFG, HDB, C, SAN, UBS, TD, IBN, and BBVA
Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include HSBC (HSBC), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), Citigroup (C), Banco Santander (SAN), UBS Group (UBS), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), and Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (BBVA). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and risk.
HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. HSBC pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 32.5% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.22%. Given HSBC's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe HSBC is more favorable than Lloyds Banking Group.
1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
HSBC has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, HSBC had 23 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for HSBC and 4 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat HSBC's score of 0.81 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Summary
HSBC beats Lloyds Banking Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:LYG) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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