LYG vs. RY, C, HDB, MUFG, UBS, TD, IBN, SMFG, SAN, and BMO
Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Citigroup (C), HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), UBS Group (UBS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), and Bank of Montreal (BMO). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Lloyds Banking Group vs.
Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) and Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Lloyds Banking Group received 141 more outperform votes than Royal Bank of Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.15% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 54.91% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote.
2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Royal Bank of Canada has a net margin of 12.08% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 10.89%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 15.26% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 50.8% 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. Royal Bank of Canada has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Lloyds Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 13 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 4 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.86 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lloyds Banking Group presently has a consensus target price of $2.75, suggesting a potential downside of 9.98%. Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of $156.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.49%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Lloyds Banking Group.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Lloyds Banking Group on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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