NatWest Group (NWG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NatWest Group plc is a United Kingdom-based banking and financial services company. Through brands including NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank in Northern Ireland and Coutts, it provides banking and financial solutions to individuals, families, businesses and institutional clients.

The group’s activities include personal and premier banking, current and savings accounts, residential mortgages, consumer lending, credit cards, wealth management, business banking, commercial lending, transaction services and investment banking. It also offers financial planning and private banking services to affluent and high-net-worth customers.

NatWest Group primarily serves customers in the United Kingdom across its retail, commercial and institutional businesses. The company traces its heritage to the formation of National Westminster Bank in 1968 and The Royal Bank of Scotland, which was established in 1727. The group was formerly known as The Royal Bank of Scotland Group and adopted the NatWest Group name in 2020.

NatWest Group is headquartered in London. Paul Thwaite serves as chief executive officer, and Rick Haythornthwaite serves as chair.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $17.47 to $17.83
• 50-Day Range: $17.13 to $19.33
• 52-Week Range: $13.76 to $19.42
• Volume: 4.46 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.26 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $69.59 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.72
• Dividend Yield: 3.59%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

NatWest Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NatWest Group scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 326th out of 855 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

NatWest Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.73, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 6 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NatWest Group has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.66%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for NatWest Group are expected to grow by 10.66% in the coming year, from $1.97 to $2.18 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NatWest Group is 8.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 40.50.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NatWest Group is 8.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 22.37.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

NatWest Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.79. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

NatWest Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.25. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.06% of the float of NatWest Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

NatWest Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.68, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NatWest Group has recently increased by 84.51%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

NatWest Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.60%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

NatWest Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of NatWest Group is 31.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, NatWest Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.90% next year. This indicates that NatWest Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.23

News Sentiment

NatWest Group has a news sentiment score of 0.23. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for NatWest Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for NWG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added NatWest Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 400% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NatWest Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

1.27% of the stock of NatWest Group is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 9/18 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/18 Dividend: 8/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/18/2026
• Today: 10/17/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NWG
• CIK: 844150
• Web: www.natwestgroup.com
• Phone: 44-0-37-0702-0135
• Fax: 44-0-13-1626-3081
• Employees: 60,600
• Year Founded: 1968

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.01
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.72
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.90
• P/E Growth: 0.79
• Net Income: $7.69 billion
• Net Margins: 20.10%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 14.01%
• Return on Assets: 0.82%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.15
• Current Ratio: 1.03
• Quick Ratio: 1.04

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $38.91 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.79
• Cash Flow: $2.19 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.00
• Book Value: $14.06 per share
• Price / Book: 1.25

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,970,850,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $69.59 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.94