Insights on Lloyds Banking (LYG) Stock for Investors

By Emilio Sanchez • Wednesday, July 02 15:21 • Permanent Link

Lloyds Banking sank -4.6% today, compared to the S&P 500's day change of 0.0%. Today's losers may turn out to be tomorrow's winners, so be sure to check the stock's fundamentals before making an investment decision:

Lloyds Banking has moved 49.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 11.9%
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $0.34
Lloyds Banking has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.9 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $0.36 and its forward P/E ratio is 11.2
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 5.11 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Lloyds Banking is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 15.92 and an average P/B of 1.78
LYG has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -0.7% and gross profit margins of 0.0%
Lloyds Banking Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides a range of banking and financial products and services in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Retail; Commercial Banking; and Insurance, Pensions and Investments. The Retail segment offers a range of financial service products, including current accounts, savings, mortgages, motor finance, unsecured loans, and leasing solutions, as well as credit cards to personal customers. The Commercial Banking segment provides lending, transactional banking, working capital management, risk management, and debt financing services to small and medium businesses, corporates, and institutions. The Insurance, Pensions and Investments segment offers insurance, investment, and pension management products and services. It also provides digital banking services. The company offers its products and services under the Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, Scottish Widows, MBNA, Schroders Personal Wealth, Black Horse, Lex Autolease, Birmingham Midshires, LDC, AMC, Embark Group, Lloyds Living, IWeb, Cavendish Online, HGP, and Tusker brand names. Lloyds Banking Group plc was founded in 1695 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

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