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

Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). 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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

In the previous week, HSBC had 26 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for HSBC and 3 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat HSBC's score of 0.64 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HSBC
12 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lloyds Banking Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HSBC$68.12B3.24$23.98B$5.4511.52
Lloyds Banking Group$43.81B1.43$5.65B$0.3511.90

HSBC has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. HSBC pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 62.9% 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.

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 a net margin of 14.55% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 14.39%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.55% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HSBC14.55% 12.55% 0.81%
Lloyds Banking Group 14.39%8.62%0.44%

HSBC currently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.34%. Given HSBC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Lloyds Banking Group
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

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$62.73B$68.53B$12.07B$20.55B
Dividend Yield5.33%3.71%5.55%3.74%
P/E Ratio11.908.9920.0728.04
Price / Sales1.434.4225.4541.55
Price / Cash6.669.4021.4522.25
Price / Book1.081.352.294.61
Net Income$5.65B$6.77B$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.48%0.98%0.18%3.25%
1 Month Performance1.22%4.20%3.09%4.36%
1 Year Performance40.71%42.63%540.35%14.94%

Lloyds Banking Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LYG
Lloyds Banking Group
4.2868 of 5 stars
$4.17
-0.1%
N/A+41.7%$62.73B$43.81B11.9061,228
HSBC
HSBC
2.6107 of 5 stars
$60.79
0.0%
$63.00
+3.6%
+44.4%$213.84B$141.75B9.01211,304Trending News
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.7689 of 5 stars
$76.70
-0.4%
N/A+25.3%$195.06B$55.70B23.24213,527Positive News
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.8464 of 5 stars
$131.66
+1.5%
$193.00
+46.6%
+20.8%$182.97B$98.71B14.6394,838Trending News
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.9046 of 5 stars
$13.72
-1.2%
N/A+23.3%$167.62B$89.51B12.40140,000
C
Citigroup
4.9106 of 5 stars
$85.14
+0.9%
$84.03
-1.3%
+28.9%$157.60B$170.76B13.33239,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.2746 of 5 stars
$73.49
+1.2%
$93.00
+26.5%
+32.6%$124.89B$88.27B10.78102,190Positive News
SAN
Banco Santander
4.2237 of 5 stars
$8.29
+0.6%
N/A+88.5%$124.86B$66.96B9.53199,958
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.4797 of 5 stars
$33.65
-0.6%
N/A+14.7%$120.82B$22.68B21.57187,765Stock Split
UBS
UBS Group
3.9612 of 5 stars
$33.84
+1.2%
N/A+18.3%$107.22B$84.56B22.41108,648Trending News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.3748 of 5 stars
$15.11
-0.6%
N/A+8.4%$98.41B$66.82B16.52120,000

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This page (NYSE:LYG) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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