NatWest Group (NWG) Competitors

NatWest Group (LON:NWG) and Banco Santander (LON:BNC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend NWG or BNC?

NatWest Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 590, indicating a potential upside of 4.91%. Given NatWest Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NatWest Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NatWest Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Banco Santander	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is NWG or BNC a better dividend stock?

NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. NatWest Group pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

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

52.1% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of NatWest Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NWG or BNC more profitable?

Banco Santander has a net margin of 20.05% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 18.21%. NatWest Group's return on equity of 13.29% beat Banco Santander's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NatWest Group	18.21%	13.29%	0.64%
Banco Santander	20.05%	12.99%	0.73%

Does the media favor NWG or BNC?

In the previous week, NatWest Group had 3 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NatWest Group and 1 mentions for Banco Santander. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.00 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NatWest Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Santander	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NWG or BNC?

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group. NatWest Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Banco Santander, 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
NatWest Group	£24.36B	1.85	£4.43B	£55.69	10.10
Banco Santander	£70.85B	1.87	£14.20B	£63.81	11.28

Which has more volatility & risk, NWG or BNC?

NatWest Group has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NatWest Group and Banco Santander tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.