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Lloyds gets 8 FY EPS upgrades and a UBS Buy after Q1 profit jumps 37% YoY
- Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) collected 8 FY EPS upgrades vs 2 cuts in the May 11 snapshot, following Q1 after-tax profit of £1.6 billion — up 37% year on year.
- UBS upgraded the stock to Buy on April 30, raising its price target to 115p from 110p; the stock closed at 98.9p on May 7, still 14% below its 52-week high of 114.6p.
- FY EPS consensus is £0.1004 as of May 11, up from £0.0997 sixty days ago — the 8-vs-2 upgrade skew is the cleanest bullish signal among European banks in today's data.
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eps_revisions 2026-05-11: LLOY.L period '0y', up_last_7_days=8, down_last_7_days=2; period '+1y', up_last_7_days=7, down_last_7_days=3. eps_trend 2026-05-11: FY '0y' current £0.1004 vs sixty_days_ago £0.0997. daily_prices: close 98.9p on 2026-05-07; 52w high 114.6p, 52w low 71.7p. News: UBS upgrade confirmed (Insider Monkey, 2026-05-07). tickers_metadata: Financial Services, market cap £57.7B.