Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) reported quarterly earnings of $0.05 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.12 by 55 percent. This is a 46 percent decrease over earnings of $0.10 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $6.754 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $6.130 billion by 10.18 percent. This is a 68.68 percent increase over sales of $4.004 billion the same period last year.