NatWest Group (NWG) Competitors

Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) and NatWest Group (LON:NWG) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts prefer LLOY or NWG?

Lloyds Banking Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 55.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.44%. NatWest Group has a consensus price target of GBX 309.38, indicating a potential downside of 0.01%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NatWest Group is more favorable than Lloyds Banking Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lloyds Banking Group	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
NatWest Group	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LLOY or NWG?

Lloyds Banking Group received 2156 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.77% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 70.50% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lloyds Banking Group	Outperform Votes 2254 70.77%	Underperform Votes 931 29.23%
NatWest Group	Outperform Votes 98 70.50%	Underperform Votes 41 29.50%

Is LLOY or NWG more profitable?

NatWest Group has a net margin of 31.09% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 27.61%. Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity of 11.72% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lloyds Banking Group	27.61%	10.69%	0.63%
NatWest Group	31.09%	11.72%	0.64%

Is LLOY or NWG a better dividend stock?

Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NatWest Group pays out 3,617.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NatWest Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, LLOY or NWG?

Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group. NatWest Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lloyds Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lloyds Banking Group	£18.18B	1.93	£4.49B	£0.07	794.00
NatWest Group	£13.75B	1.96	£4.18B	£0.47	658.30

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of LLOY or NWG?

49.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of NatWest Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer LLOY or NWG?

In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 2 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 6 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of -0.19 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lloyds Banking Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NatWest Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, LLOY or NWG?

Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NatWest Group has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NatWest Group beats Lloyds Banking Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.