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NWG vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, IBN, SAN, TD, 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), ICICI Bank (IBN), Banco Santander (SAN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), UBS Group (UBS), and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

NatWest Group vs.

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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.

1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.3% of NatWest Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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
HSBC16.17% 12.20% 0.79%
NatWest Group N/A 11.76%0.64%

In the previous week, HSBC had 31 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for HSBC and 13 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat HSBC's score of 0.47 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
9 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NatWest Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
HSBC$68.12B2.93$23.53B$5.4510.37
NatWest Group$14.65B3.58$5.77B$1.498.73

HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. 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.

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.

HSBC received 915 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.32% of users gave HSBC an outperform vote while only 40.91% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HSBCOutperform Votes
960
58.32%
Underperform Votes
686
41.68%
NatWest GroupOutperform Votes
45
40.91%
Underperform Votes
65
59.09%

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

Summary

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

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NWG vs. The Competition

MetricNatWest GroupCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$52.35B$38.46B$11.28B$19.21B
Dividend Yield6.04%4.12%5.58%4.01%
P/E Ratio9.579.2522.2733.50
Price / Sales3.581.6626.5929.16
Price / Cash6.439.6317.6017.52
Price / Book1.041.362.644.55
Net Income$5.77B$3.43B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.25%1.36%1.99%2.30%
1 Month Performance21.42%12.97%7.07%8.54%
1 Year Performance67.22%31.08%539.39%4.75%

NatWest Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWG
NatWest Group
4.0672 of 5 stars
$13.01
+1.9%
N/A+67.2%$52.35B$14.65B9.5761,000Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
HSBC
HSBC
2.7128 of 5 stars
$56.34
+0.6%
N/A+27.1%$200.63B$67.40B9.09219,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Gap Up
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.49 of 5 stars
$71.86
-0.4%
N/A+25.9%$181.97B$2.87T21.84141,600
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.6265 of 5 stars
$118.57
+0.7%
$156.50
+32.0%
+19.8%$167.38B$60.46B14.3591,400Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.3105 of 5 stars
$12.60
+2.7%
N/A+21.2%$152.05B$6.78T11.56135,000Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
C
Citigroup
4.9897 of 5 stars
$68.25
-0.3%
$84.04
+23.1%
+14.7%$128.46B$81.60B11.47240,000Insider Trade
Options Volume
Gap Up
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.1307 of 5 stars
$33.52
+1.0%
N/A+24.9%$119.36B$2.06T22.20105,800Stock Split
SAN
Banco Santander
3.913 of 5 stars
$7.44
+2.5%
N/A+48.1%$112.73B$63.84B8.96206,500Earnings Report
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.6765 of 5 stars
$62.71
+0.9%
$80.50
+28.4%
+17.0%$108.86B$57.52B18.0793,700Short Interest ↑
Positive News
UBS
UBS Group
3.6752 of 5 stars
$30.30
+0.9%
N/A+13.1%$97.15B$45.35B19.9372,600Earnings Report
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.3566 of 5 stars
$14.13
+1.7%
N/A+19.8%$91.48B$5.12T13.72101,000Positive News

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