LLOY vs. NWG, AIBG, BARC, PRU, STAN, LSEG, LGEN, AV, SMT, and ADM
Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include NatWest Group (NWG), AIB Group (AIBG), Barclays (BARC), Prudential (PRU), Standard Chartered (STAN), London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), and Admiral Group (ADM). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) and NatWest Group (LON:NWG) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Lloyds Banking Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 55.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.85%. NatWest Group has a consensus price target of GBX 313.89, suggesting a potential upside of 2.98%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than NatWest Group.
NatWest Group has a net margin of 32.71% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 29.65%. NatWest Group's return on equity of 12.88% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
47.9% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of NatWest Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 30.1% of NatWest Group shares are held by 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.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group. NatWest Group 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.
In the previous week, NatWest Group had 5 more articles in the media than Lloyds Banking Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NatWest Group and 8 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.34 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NatWest Group has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lloyds Banking Group received 2156 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.01% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote while only 70.77% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 3,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NatWest Group pays out 3,469.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
NatWest Group beats Lloyds Banking Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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