The Most Important Facts About Lloyds Banking

By Naomi Wentworth • Thursday, October 23 15:22 • Permanent Link

Lloyds Banking logged a 0.6% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $4.54 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. LYG's trading volume is 9,852,382 compared to the stock's average volume of 7,443,709.

Anyone interested in buying LYG should be aware of the facts below:

Lloyds Banking's current price is 350.0% above its Graham number of $1.01, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Lloyds Banking has moved 39.9% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.35, Lloyds Banking has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.0 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
LYG has a forward P/E ratio of 12.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $0.36 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 6.75 compared to its sector average of 1.78
Lloyds Banking Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides a range of banking and financial products and services in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Based in London, the company has 61,228 full time employees and a market cap of $67.07 Billion. Lloyds Banking currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.7%.

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