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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
HSBC beats Lloyds Banking Group on 11 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 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
