Lloyds Banking Group (NYSE:LYG) reported quarterly earnings of $0.12 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.10 by 16 percent. This is a 132 percent increase over earnings of $0.05 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $6.309 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $6.520 billion by 3.24 percent. This is a 50.25 percent increase over sales of $4.199 billion the same period last year.