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Lloyds Banking Group plc

$LYG·$79B·Banks - Regional·Financial Services
$5.50+1.4%YTD+0.4%1Y+30.6%
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LYLYG
Lloyds Banking Group plc$LYG
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Proven numbersStalledAI verdict · as of 2026-06-12

The move has stalled — likely just drifts unless something new shows up.

UK bank at 11x earnings with a 3.6% dividend — Stripe partnership and US data-center financing as the upside levers.

Lloyds Banking Group is the largest UK retail-and-commercial bank — Lloyds, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, MBNA. Q1 revenue grew 10.4% YoY to £5.18B at a 39% operating margin and 99% gross margin (bank-accounting). The stock at 11.4x trailing earnings sits at the 61st percentile of its 52-week range, flat vs both moving averages — classic UK-bank-quality tape with 3x normal volume (positioning activity). The 2026 catalyst stack: a partnership with Stripe debuting a payments suite for UK small businesses, and Lloyds considering US data-center financing expansion (a lateral catalyst that adds AI-infrastructure adjacency). The 3.64% dividend yield is the patient-investor anchor that supports the holding-period thesis. No sentiment summary was generated for this name; the elevated volume on the day +5% bounce is consistent with the Goldman European Financials Conference rotation reading.

What to watch: July 30 Q2 print. Bulls need net interest margin expansion, mortgage-volume stabilization, and explicit US data-center-financing pipeline color; a UK consumer-credit-deterioration cycle or any Stripe-partnership integration friction invalidates the cheap-multiple setup. The dividend supports the holding period.

On the calendar: 2026-07-30 — Q2 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Operating primarily within the United Kingdom, Lloyds Banking Group plc and its various subsidiaries deliver an extensive array of banking and financial products and services. The group's operations are divided into three core segments: Retail, Commercial Banking, and Insurance & Wealth. The Retail division serves individual consumers and small businesses with essential financial tools like checking and savings accounts, mortgages, auto financing, unsecured personal loans, leasing arrangements, and credit cards. Through its Commercial Banking arm, the group provides lending, transactional banking, working capital solutions, risk management advice, and debt financing services, catering to small and medium-sized enterprises, large corporations, and financial institutions. The Insurance & Wealth segment focuses on offering diverse insurance products, investment opportunities, and comprehensive wealth management services. Additionally, the company provides modern digital banking solutions. Its offerings are accessible through prominent brands including Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland, and Scottish Widows. Established in 1695, Lloyds Banking Group plc is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Banks - Regional sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $LYG.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
11.4How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
1.1%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
36.7%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.9Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
10.8%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
99.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
2.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 29, 2026$0.13$0.11+18.2%
Q4 2025Jan 29, 2026$0.12$0.11+9.1%
Q3 2025Oct 23, 2025$0.05$0.12-58.3%
Q2 2025Jul 24, 2025$0.14$0.10+40.0%
Next earningsThu, Jul 30·consensus EPS $0.14

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$5.2B+10.4%100%39.1%$0.09—
Q4 FY25$50.7B+110.3%100%3.9%$0.09$0
Q3 FY25$-4.3B-15.2%100%-27.1%$0.04$0
Q2 FY25$13.9B-2.2%100%14.3%$0.08$0

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 4 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$21.5B$20.1B – $22.4B$0.42$0.38 – $0.444
FY27$23.2B$21.7B – $24.0B$0.50$0.45 – $0.524
FY28$24.5B$23.5B – $25.1B$0.57$0.54 – $0.592
FY29$25.7B$24.7B – $26.3B$0.62$0.59 – $0.643
FY30$26.9B$25.8B – $27.6B$0.64$0.61 – $0.663

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.3.1×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.61%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+0.9%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+5.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMega float · 14.6B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.925-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Stripe and Lloyds Debut Payments Suite for UK Small Businessespymnts.com·3d agoLloyds share price nears pivotal level: is the 3.64% dividend yield worth it?invezz.com·8d agoLloyds Banking Group plc (LYG) Presents at Goldman Sachs 30th Annual European Financials Conference 2026 Transcriptseekingalpha.com·9d agoLloyds share price pops as it considers US data center financing expansioninvezz.com·25d agoFTSE 100 Index drops as Barclays, NatWest, and Lloyds sink amid 2 key risksinvezz.com·32d ago

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