Lloyds Banking Group (LYG) Competitors

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 profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LYG or HSBC?

HSBC received 38 more outperform votes than Lloyds Banking Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.18% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 58.30% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lloyds Banking Group	Outperform Votes 921 67.18%	Underperform Votes 450 32.82%
HSBC	Outperform Votes 959 58.30%	Underperform Votes 686 41.70%

Which has better valuation & earnings, LYG or HSBC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lloyds Banking Group	$18.60B	3.07	$6.79B	$0.33	11.44
HSBC	$67.40B	2.92	$23.53B	$6.20	8.90

Do analysts rate LYG or HSBC?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lloyds Banking Group	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media favor LYG or HSBC?

In the previous week, HSBC had 29 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for HSBC and 12 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat HSBC's score of 0.39 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HSBC	9 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is LYG or HSBC a better dividend stock?

Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $7.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 115.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LYG or HSBC?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, LYG or HSBC?

Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LYG or HSBC more profitable?

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 Group	11.45%	8.46%	0.44%
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%

Summary

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