NWG vs. BCS, LYG, BSBR, KB, CM, BAP, BCH, BSAC, ING, and BBVA
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), Banco Santander (Brasil) (BSBR), KB Financial Group (KB), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Credicorp (BAP), Banco de Chile (BCH), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), ING Groep (ING), and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). These companies are all part of the "commercial banks, not elsewhere classified" industry.
NatWest Group (NYSE:NWG) and Barclays (NYSE:BCS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Barclays had 3 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Barclays and 11 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Barclays' score of 0.15 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Barclays has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group.
Barclays received 1286 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.24% of users gave Barclays an outperform vote while only 39.22% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
Barclays has a net margin of 16.82% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 0.00%. Barclays' return on equity of 6.09% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.
NatWest Group has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
1.3% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.4% of Barclays shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Barclays shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Barclays pays out 38.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Barclays beats NatWest Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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