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

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), Citigroup (C), HDFC Bank (HDB), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria (BBVA), and ICICI Bank (IBN). 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 better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

HSBC currently has a consensus target price of $63.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.40%. Given HSBC's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Lloyds Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

In the previous week, HSBC had 25 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for HSBC and 19 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. HSBC's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.40 indicating that HSBC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HSBC
12 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lloyds Banking Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

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$69.07B3.33$23.98B$5.0513.19
Lloyds Banking Group$43.81B1.55$5.65B$0.4011.36

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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 has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Summary

HSBC beats Lloyds Banking Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LYG vs. The Competition

MetricLloyds Banking GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$67.72B$7.88T$393.69B$21.84B
Dividend Yield2.86%3.58%5.57%3.62%
P/E Ratio11.361,868.49115.7630.07
Price / Sales1.55212.8243.2197.95
Price / Cash7.299.6422.8024.26
Price / Book1.1785.918.234.66
Net Income$5.65B$6.73B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.91%30,642.97%1,309.08%0.05%
1 Month Performance-0.11%32,148.02%1,373.75%1.12%
1 Year Performance43.83%40,044.04%2,324.74%12.44%

Lloyds Banking Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LYG
Lloyds Banking Group
3.6702 of 5 stars
$4.53
-0.3%
N/A+46.3%$67.43B$43.81B11.3161,228Upcoming Earnings
HSBC
HSBC
2.3422 of 5 stars
$71.49
-1.0%
$63.00
-11.9%
+51.4%$250.60B$141.75B14.16211,304Trending News
Dividend Increase
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.8899 of 5 stars
$147.05
+0.1%
$177.50
+20.7%
+18.0%$206.53B$98.71B15.5394,838Positive News
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.2359 of 5 stars
$15.55
-1.3%
N/A+43.7%$190.19B$89.51B14.40150,800
C
Citigroup
4.9431 of 5 stars
$98.02
+0.3%
$99.68
+1.7%
+59.2%$179.93B$170.76B14.48239,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.561 of 5 stars
$34.79
+1.6%
N/A+17.4%$174.73B$55.70B21.34214,521Upcoming Earnings
SAN
Banco Santander
4.0825 of 5 stars
$10.10
-1.8%
N/A+97.3%$153.17B$66.96B11.22199,958Dividend Announcement
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.3079 of 5 stars
$81.24
+0.0%
$93.00
+14.5%
+42.7%$138.16B$88.27B9.49102,190Positive News
UBS
UBS Group
4.1529 of 5 stars
$41.02
-0.2%
N/A+22.4%$131.78B$84.56B21.70108,648Trending News
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria
2.0478 of 5 stars
$18.77
-2.5%
N/A+80.4%$112.38B$38.40B9.88125,916
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.708 of 5 stars
$30.75
0.0%
N/A+9.1%$109.86B$22.68B18.98182,665News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:LYG) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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