How Smart Investors Look at Lloyds Banking (LYG).

By Chris Stiles • Thursday, February 20 10:07 • Permanent Link

Lloyds Banking logged a 6.1% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $3.33 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.0%. LYG's trading volume is 5,975,267 compared to the stock's average volume of 12,585,681.

If you are considering an investment in LYG, you'll want to know the following:

Lloyds Banking has moved 37.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 20.8%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.35, Lloyds Banking has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.5 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
LYG has a forward P/E ratio of 9.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $0.36 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.08 compared to its sector average of 1.86
Lloyds Banking Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides a range of banking and financial services in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Based in London, the company has 62,569 full time employees and a market cap of $51.38 Billion. Lloyds Banking currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.9%.

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