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NatWest Group (NWG) Competitors

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$13.41 +0.15 (+1.13%)
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NWG vs. HSBC, HDB, RY, MUFG, C, TD, SAN, 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), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), Banco Santander (SAN), 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 superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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.

HSBC has a consensus target price of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.32%. Given HSBC's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe HSBC is more favorable than NatWest Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NatWest Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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

NatWest Group has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, HSBC had 11 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for HSBC and 7 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat HSBC's score of 0.48 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NatWest GroupN/A 12.33% 0.69%
HSBC 14.55%12.55%0.81%

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
NatWest Group$36.57B1.48$6.14B$1.499.00
HSBC$141.75B1.53$23.98B$5.4511.30

Summary

HSBC beats NatWest Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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NWG vs. The Competition

MetricNatWest GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$54.26B$66.51B$11.87B$20.45B
Dividend Yield5.74%3.70%5.53%3.72%
P/E Ratio9.008.9619.9727.80
Price / Sales1.484.1725.7149.81
Price / Cash7.719.3818.7218.22
Price / Book1.071.352.264.58
Net Income$6.14B$6.77B$990.08M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-3.59%0.94%0.87%1.31%
1 Month Performance-7.00%3.46%3.68%4.85%
1 Year Performance55.75%42.21%540.88%14.09%

NatWest Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWG
NatWest Group
4.5128 of 5 stars
$13.41
+1.1%
N/A+55.6%$54.26B$36.57B9.0062,100
HSBC
HSBC
2.3918 of 5 stars
$60.79
0.0%
$63.00
+3.6%
+40.2%$213.84B$141.75B9.01211,304Trending News
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.4835 of 5 stars
$76.70
-0.4%
N/A+22.1%$195.06B$55.70B23.34213,527
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.8504 of 5 stars
$131.66
+1.5%
$193.00
+46.6%
+21.2%$182.97B$98.71B13.8394,838Trending News
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
4.0528 of 5 stars
$13.72
-1.2%
N/A+19.6%$167.62B$89.51B12.40140,000
C
Citigroup
4.9102 of 5 stars
$85.14
+0.9%
$84.03
-1.3%
+36.7%$157.60B$170.76B13.33239,000Trending News
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Analyst Forecast
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
4.2634 of 5 stars
$73.49
+1.2%
$93.00
+26.5%
+34.2%$124.89B$88.27B13.10102,190Positive News
SAN
Banco Santander
4.3153 of 5 stars
$8.29
+0.6%
N/A+78.7%$124.86B$66.96B9.47199,958
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.3994 of 5 stars
$33.65
-0.6%
N/A+14.5%$120.82B$22.68B21.71187,765Stock Split
UBS
UBS Group
3.5183 of 5 stars
$33.84
+1.2%
N/A+12.2%$107.22B$84.56B22.15108,648Trending News
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.5279 of 5 stars
$15.11
-0.6%
N/A+7.1%$98.41B$66.82B16.52120,000News Coverage

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