NWG vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, SAN, TD, IBN, UBS, and SMFG
Should you be buying NatWest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NatWest Group include HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
NatWest Group vs. Its Competitors
NatWest Group (NYSE:NWG) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
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.
HSBC has a net margin of 14.55% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 0.00%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.55% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.
NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. NatWest Group pays out 51.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 36.3% 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.
1.3% of NatWest Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
HSBC received 933 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.25% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 40.91% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, HSBC had 22 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for HSBC and 5 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat HSBC's score of 0.64 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NatWest Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
HSBC has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.45%. Given HSBC's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe HSBC is more favorable than NatWest Group.
Summary
HSBC beats NatWest Group on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:NWG) was last updated on 6/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
