LYG vs. RY, HDB, MUFG, IBN, TD, SMFG, SAN, BMO, ING, and BBVA
Should you be buying Lloyds Banking Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lloyds Banking Group include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), HDFC Bank (HDB), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), ICICI Bank (IBN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), Bank of Montreal (BMO), ING Groep (ING), and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA).
Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) and Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
Lloyds Banking Group currently has a consensus target price of $49.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1,620.38%. Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of $133.25, suggesting a potential upside of 22.10%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than Royal Bank of Canada.
Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Lloyds Banking Group. Lloyds Banking Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Royal Bank of Canada, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 4 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 4 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of 0.14 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lloyds Banking Group has a net margin of 12.40% compared to Royal Bank of Canada's net margin of 12.12%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 14.87% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
Lloyds Banking Group received 205 more outperform votes than Royal Bank of Canada when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.30% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 55.53% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
2.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 51.5% 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.
Summary
Royal Bank of Canada beats Lloyds Banking Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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