LSEG vs. LLOY, BARC, BNC, NWG, PRU, STAN, LGEN, AV, SMT, and HSBA
Should you be buying London Stock Exchange Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of London Stock Exchange Group include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Banco Santander (BNC), NatWest Group (NWG), Prudential (PRU), Standard Chartered (STAN), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), and HSBC (HSBA). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) and London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. London Stock Exchange Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 115 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. London Stock Exchange Group pays out 8,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lloyds Banking Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Lloyds Banking Group received 2190 more outperform votes than London Stock Exchange Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.67% of users gave London Stock Exchange Group an outperform vote while only 70.77% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote.
Lloyds Banking Group has a net margin of 27.61% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 9.08%. London Stock Exchange Group's return on equity of 10.69% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
Lloyds Banking Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 55.33, suggesting a potential upside of 0.53%. London Stock Exchange Group has a consensus price target of £101.64, suggesting a potential upside of 8.87%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe London Stock Exchange Group is more favorable than Lloyds Banking Group.
In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 6 more articles in the media than London Stock Exchange Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 3 mentions for London Stock Exchange Group. London Stock Exchange Group's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.06 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
48.7% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of London Stock Exchange Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, London Stock Exchange Group has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its share price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than London Stock Exchange Group. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than London Stock Exchange Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Lloyds Banking Group beats London Stock Exchange Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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