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Buy – Lloyds Banking - 2 January 2018

Trade Parameters

  • Opening Price: 67.7p
  • Stop Loss: 66.8p (0.9p/1.4% below)
  • Profit Limit: 69.7p (2.0p/2.9% above)
  • Reward vs Risk: 2.1x
  • CFD Margin: 5%

Observations – For

  • Bullish breakout
  • 67.5p turned supportive
  • Rising channel since mid-December
  • Little exposure to MiFID2 regulation

Observations – Against

  • Trading above major daily moving averages
  • Close to bearish signals on certain indicators
  • The bank sector can be volatile
  • Point & Figure near resistance

Analyst Comments

Attractive technical set-up with shares sitting at the floor of a neat rising channel. UK housing market holding up well. Shares have tended to benefit from Brexit talks breakthroughs. Recently passed Bank of England stress tests. Cleaner restructured bank after crisis. Back to profitability, paying dividends which have potential for increases.

Consensus is 60% bullish and the higher they climb the more chance that neutrals and/or negatives upgrade. The shares trade 6% below their 12-month broker target, but we only need them to revisit late October highs.

Next Event: Strategic update and 2017 results, 21 Feb;

Latest Broker 12-Month Consensus:  61% Buy, 14% Hold, 25% Sell (full breakdown on request)

Source: DowJones Newswires, Reuters News, Bloomberg  or Company Press releases

Broker Ratings & 12-Month Target Prices (Bloomberg)

2.5-month (4-hourly)

Share 1wk 1m 3m 6m 1yr 2yr 3yr 4yr 5yr
Perf % 0.6 0.8 -0.2 0.7 7.7 -8.6 -11.3 -14.2 38.9
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