NatWest Group (NWG) Competitors

HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and NatWest Group (NYSE:NWG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Is HSBC or NWG more profitable?

HSBC has a net margin of 16.17% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 0.00%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.20% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HSBC	16.17%	12.20%	0.79%
NatWest Group	N/A	11.76%	0.64%

Do analysts prefer HSBC or NWG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HSBC	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
NatWest Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

1.5% of HSBC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, HSBC or NWG?

HSBC has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NatWest Group has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HSBC or NWG?

In the previous week, HSBC had 21 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for HSBC and 8 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat HSBC's score of 0.61 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HSBC	12 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NatWest Group	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HSBC or NWG?

HSBC received 921 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.23% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 40.91% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HSBC	Outperform Votes 966 58.23%	Underperform Votes 693 41.77%
NatWest Group	Outperform Votes 45 40.91%	Underperform Votes 65 59.09%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, HSBC or NWG?

HSBC has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group. NatWest Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HSBC, 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
HSBC	$68.12B	3.07	$23.53B	$5.45	10.85
NatWest Group	$15.16B	3.78	$5.77B	$1.49	9.56

Is HSBC or NWG a better dividend stock?

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. HSBC pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NatWest Group pays out 51.7% 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.

Summary

HSBC beats NatWest Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.