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Paul Harris, CFA
Lloyds TSB Group PLC
LYG-N
COMMENT
Nov 02, 2017
$3.630
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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He sold in 2013/14 because cross selling did not work. They were going to increase returns to shareholders and that did not materialize. As a British bank they are in a better position than a European bank. But he does not want to be a British bank because the American markets have access to your capital. He thinks the outperformance of non-Canadian banks is probably over.
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There is so much regulation in Europe they are becoming more like utilities. They are required to hold larger reserves, for example. US banks for reemerged faster than European banks only because they hit the crisis two years earlier. The European economy is slow, but high-quality banks like this one could be a good quality buy. They are raising dividends as well.
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Will it go up after Brexit? Used to own it maybe till 2015. He expected them to release capital and raise their dividend, but they didn't that much. They were unsuccessful in cross-selling their clients across mortgages, lines of credit and investment accounts. Overall, LYG hasn't done well since then.
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The consensus is that the UK will have a successful exit at the end of the month. With that, there is a backdrop where the political overhang will be removed and the economy has a chance to restructure and the situation afterwards will probably be better. LYG-T is primarily exposed to UK companies.
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ING (ING-N) or LLOYDS (LYG-N)?This is predominantly a retail bank in the UK, and ING is predominantly a retail bank in the Netherlands. ING actually had to sell off a lot of businesses. Lloyds is a great business with a great return on equity, and trading well above BV, and is much more fully valued. ING is probably the stock to own over the next little while. They've taken a lot of costs out, and you should see a growth in earnings.