Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) Receives “Sell” Rating from Shore Capital Group

Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY)‘s stock had its “sell” rating restated by stock analysts at Shore Capital Group in a research note issued to investors on Thursday,London Stock Exchange reports.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on the stock. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 103 target price on shares of Lloyds Banking Group in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Lloyds Banking Group from GBX 102 to GBX 117 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 20th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Lloyds Banking Group from GBX 98 to GBX 106 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Lloyds Banking Group from GBX 100 to GBX 120 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on shares of Lloyds Banking Group to GBX 125 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of GBX 107.78.

Lloyds Banking Group Trading Up 0.2%

LLOY traded up GBX 0.24 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching GBX 97.94. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 534,678,688 shares, compared to its average volume of 199,759,641. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 100.45 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 94.57. The stock has a market cap of £57.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.19, a PEG ratio of 1.84 and a beta of 0.93. Lloyds Banking Group has a twelve month low of GBX 60.78 and a twelve month high of GBX 114.60.

Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The financial services provider reported GBX 7 EPS for the quarter. Lloyds Banking Group had a return on equity of 9.93% and a net margin of 24.49%. Sell-side analysts expect that Lloyds Banking Group will post 7.3199528 earnings per share for the current year.

More Lloyds Banking Group News

Here are the key news stories impacting Lloyds Banking Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Lloyds continued aggressive share buybacks, repurchasing 9.499 million shares as part of its existing programme — supporting EPS and capital return expectations. Lloyds Banking Group Buys Back and Cancels 9.5 Million Shares
• Positive Sentiment: An earlier repurchase announced April 1 shows continued buyback execution (8.518 million shares repurchased), reinforcing management’s focus on returning excess capital and supporting the share price. Lloyds Banking Group Buys Back and Cancels 8.5 Million Shares
• Neutral Sentiment: Technical: the stock recently crossed above its 200?day moving average, a bullish signal that can attract momentum buyers and fund flows. Lloyds Stock Crosses Above 200-Day Moving Average
• Neutral Sentiment: Lloyds launched a multi?year research partnership on agentic AI with University of Glasgow — a longer?term strategic/technology play that’s unlikely to move the stock in the near term but may support productivity/cost initiatives over time. Lloyds and University of Glasgow launch AI study
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/credit: Lloyds has retained a £2bn provision for motor finance compensation despite FCA changes to the scheme — a sizable charge that weighs on capital and future earnings visibility. Lloyds sticks to £2bn provision for motor finance compensation
• Negative Sentiment: Operational/reputational risk: an IT glitch caused a data leak affecting nearly 500,000 customers — potential regulatory scrutiny, remediation costs and customer confidence impacts. IT Glitch Results in Data Leak

About Lloyds Banking Group

We are the largest UK retail and commercial financial services provider with over 25 million customers and a presence in nearly every community.

The Group’s main business activities are retail and commercial banking, general insurance and long-term savings, provided through the largest branch network and digital bank in the UK, with well recognised brands including Lloyds Bank, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and Scottish Widows.

Our shares are quoted on the London and New York stock exchanges and we are one of the largest companies in the FTSE 100 index.