Lloyds Banking Group plc [NYSE: LYG] price plunged by -2.44 percent to reach at -$0.06.
A sum of 9893715 shares traded at recent session while its average daily volume was at 11.66M shares. Lloyds Banking Group plc shares reached a high of $2.42 and dropped to a low of $2.39 until finishing in the latest session at $2.40.
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The one-year LYG stock forecast points to a potential upside of 23.08. The average equity rating for LYG stock is currently 2.00, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
Guru’s Opinion on Lloyds Banking Group plc [LYG]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for LYG shares is $3.12 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on LYG stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Barclays have made an estimate for Lloyds Banking Group plc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on February 06, 2023. The new note on the price target was released on December 06, 2022, representing the official price target for Lloyds Banking Group plc stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for Lloyds Banking Group plc is set at 0.06, with the Price to Sales ratio for LYG stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.29. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.69, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 12.72.
LYG Stock Performance Analysis:
Lloyds Banking Group plc [LYG] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.41. With this latest performance, LYG shares gained by 5.26% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 31.87% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 0.42% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for LYG stock in for the last two-week period is set at 52.00, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 52.12, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 51.42 for Lloyds Banking Group plc [LYG]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 2.39, while it was recorded at 2.41 for the last single week of trading, and 2.20 for the last 200 days.
Insight into Lloyds Banking Group plc Fundamentals:
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Lloyds Banking Group plc [LYG] shares currently have an operating margin of +31.20. Lloyds Banking Group plc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at +21.09.
Return on Total Capital for LYG is now 3.95, given the latest momentum, and Return on Invested Capital for the company is 3.84. Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 11.28, with Return on Assets sitting at 0.57. When it comes to the capital structure of this company, Lloyds Banking Group plc [LYG] has a Total Debt to Total Equity ratio set at 353.28. Additionally, LYG Total Debt to Total Capital is recorded at 77.94, with Total Debt to Total Assets ending up at 16.89. Long-Term Debt to Equity for the company is recorded at 219.49, with the Long-Term Debt to Total Capital now at 48.42.
Reflecting on the efficiency of the workforce at the company, Lloyds Banking Group plc [LYG] managed to generate an average of $84,594 per employee.
LYG Stock EPS
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for LYG. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Lloyds Banking Group plc go to -10.30%.
Lloyds Banking Group plc [LYG] Insider Position Details
There are presently around $898 million, or 2.70% of LYG stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of LYG stocks are: JANE STREET GROUP, LLC with ownership of 35,079,795, which is approximately 10.907% of the company’s market cap and around 81.30% of the total institutional ownership; JPMORGAN CHASE & CO, holding 31,160,774 shares of the stock with an approximate value of $74.79 million in LYG stocks shares; and CIBC PRIVATE WEALTH GROUP, LLC, currently with $66.06 million in LYG stock with ownership of nearly 91.473% of the company’s market capitalization.
Positions in Lloyds Banking Group plc stocks held by institutional investors increased at the end of Wednesday and at the time of the Wednesday reporting period, where 156 institutional holders increased their position in Lloyds Banking Group plc [NYSE:LYG] by around 46,765,537 shares. Additionally, 129 investors decreased positions by around 35,831,973 shares, while 57 investors held positions by with 291,376,533 shares. The mentioned changes placed institutional holdings at 373,974,043 shares, according to the latest SEC report filing. LYG stock had 53 new institutional investments in for a total of 4,661,093 shares, while 25 institutional investors sold positions of 643,010 shares during the same period.