BCS vs. LYG, CM, NWG, KB, BSBR, ING, BBVA, BAP, BMO, and SMFG
Should you be buying Barclays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barclays include Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), NatWest Group (NWG), KB Financial Group (KB), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), ING Groep (ING), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Credicorp (BAP), Bank of Montreal (BMO), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Barclays (NYSE:BCS) and Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
Barclays has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barclays received 421 more outperform votes than Lloyds Banking Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.02% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 67.43% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 2 more articles in the media than Barclays. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 6 mentions for Barclays. Barclays' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.01 indicating that Barclays is being referred to more favorably in the media.
3.4% of Barclays shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Barclays 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lloyds Banking Group has a consensus target price of $73.44, indicating a potential upside of 2,513.43%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than Barclays.
Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Barclays pays out 38.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 47.4% 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.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings 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.
Barclays has a net margin of 17.21% 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.
Summary
Barclays beats Lloyds Banking Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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