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NatWest Group (NWG) Competitors

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GBX 511.60 +10.00 (+1.99%)
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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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

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 2.6%. 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.

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

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 Group18.21% 13.29% 0.64%
Banco Santander 20.05%12.99%0.73%

In the previous week, NatWest Group and NatWest Group both had 1 articles in the media. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat NatWest Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
NatWest Group Neutral
Banco Santander Neutral

NatWest Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 526.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.95%. 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NatWest Group£24.36B1.68£4.43B£55.699.19
Banco Santander£70.85B1.71£14.20B£63.8110.32

Summary

Banco Santander beats NatWest Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NWG vs. The Competition

MetricNatWest GroupBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£40.95B£18.70B£6.45B£3.06B
Dividend Yield0.06%4.26%4.19%5.02%
P/E Ratio9.199.1813.98162.18
Price / Sales1.6849.001,741.08272,840.75
Price / Cash0.0714.25128.7027.97
Price / Book1.260.671.964.70
Net Income£4.43B£16.75B£1.24B£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.88%1.02%0.46%0.17%
1 Month Performance1.39%3.58%3.66%7.75%
1 Year Performance51.32%24.19%23.68%73.04%

NatWest Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWG
NatWest Group
2.3951 of 5 stars
GBX 511.60
+2.0%
GBX 526.67
+2.9%
+48.8%£40.95B£24.36B9.1961,000Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 626
+0.6%
N/A+68.8%£114.90B£70.85B9.81206,500News Coverage
BARC
Barclays
1.8197 of 5 stars
GBX 344
+1.4%
GBX 370
+7.6%
+56.9%£49.39B£24.93B10.1187,400
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.428 of 5 stars
GBX 76.50
+1.1%
GBX 64.25
-16.0%
+30.8%£46.39B£28.75B9.6859,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.9035 of 5 stars
GBX 5,030.43
+0.3%
GBX 4,788.50
-4.8%
+23.3%£34.32B£13.78B23.0226,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BUR
Burford Capital
2.5328 of 5 stars
GBX 1,052
-0.3%
GBX 1,600
+52.1%
-1.9%£2.90B£299.55M18.82140
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.4858 of 5 stars
GBX 371.50
+2.6%
GBX 350
-5.8%
+38.4%£2.13B£92.71M55.69130Positive News
TRST
Trustpilot Group
N/AGBX 252.60
+0.4%
GBX 310
+22.7%
+26.6%£1.32B£222.55M83.73820Gap Up
BOY
Bodycote
3.1824 of 5 stars
GBX 595
+0.1%
GBX 756.67
+27.2%
-16.8%£1.07B£739.54M17.904,833
DFS
DFS Furniture
2.9727 of 5 stars
GBX 164.77
-0.4%
GBX 233
+41.4%
+53.5%£379.71M£964.48M-88.2320,200

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This page (LON:NWG) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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