NWG vs. BCS, LYG, CM, BSBR, BBVA, ING, KB, BCH, BAP, and SAN
Should you be buying NatWest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NatWest Group include Barclays (BCS), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), ING Groep (ING), KB Financial Group (KB), Banco de Chile (BCH), Credicorp (BAP), and Banco Santander (SAN).
NatWest Group vs.
NatWest Group (NYSE:NWG) and Barclays (NYSE:BCS) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Barclays received 1258 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.94% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 39.58% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
NatWest Group has a net margin of 21.11% compared to Barclays' net margin of 20.97%. NatWest Group's return on equity of 10.86% beat Barclays' return on equity.
Given NatWest Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe NatWest Group is more favorable than Barclays.
NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. NatWest Group pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barclays pays out 29.0% 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.
0.9% of NatWest Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Barclays shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Barclays shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Barclays had 5 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Barclays and 3 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Barclays' score of 0.22 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NatWest Group has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Barclays has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group. Barclays is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NatWest Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Barclays beats NatWest Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NWG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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