LYG vs. BCS, CM, NWG, KB, BSBR, ING, BAP, BBVA, BMO, and BCH
Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include Barclays (BCS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), NatWest Group (NWG), KB Financial Group (KB), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), ING Groep (ING), Credicorp (BAP), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Bank of Montreal (BMO), and Banco de Chile (BCH). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) and Barclays (NYSE:BCS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Barclays had 4 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Barclays and 15 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Barclays' score of 0.24 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 47.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barclays pays out 38.8% 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.
Barclays has a net margin of 16.82% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 13.41%. Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity of 10.35% beat Barclays' return on equity.
Barclays received 412 more outperform votes than Lloyds Banking Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.24% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 67.40% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote.
2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Barclays shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Barclays shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lloyds Banking Group currently has a consensus target price of $79.75, indicating a potential upside of 2,955.56%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than Barclays.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barclays. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barclays, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Barclays beats Lloyds Banking Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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