NWG vs. BNC, BARC, LLOY, RKT, COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, BOY, and DFS
Should you be buying NatWest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NatWest Group include Banco Santander (BNC), Barclays (BARC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), and DFS Furniture (DFS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
NatWest Group vs. Its Competitors
NatWest Group (LON:NWG) and Banco Santander (LON:BNC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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.
52.1% of NatWest Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. 16.2% of NatWest Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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.
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.
In the previous week, NatWest Group had 11 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for NatWest Group and 3 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat NatWest Group's score of 0.42 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NatWest Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 560.83, indicating a potential upside of 9.62%. Given NatWest Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NatWest Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.
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.
Summary
NatWest Group and Banco Santander tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:NWG) was last updated on 8/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
