Which is more profitable, Lloyds Banking Group or Mastercard?

Mastercard keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Lloyds Banking Group or Mastercard?

Mastercard grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Lloyds Banking Group or Mastercard?

Lloyds Banking Group costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Lloyds Banking Group or Mastercard?

Mastercard would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Lloyds Banking Group vs Mastercard stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Lloyds Banking Group is cheaper for its profits. Mastercard is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Lloyds Banking Group	Mastercard
	$74.2 billion	$576 billion
	23.3%	45.6%
	+7.7%	+16.5%
	12.1×	38.5×
	5.4 years	0.4 years
	1.1%	58.5%
	3.6%	0.7%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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