NWG vs. LLOY, AIBG, BOCH, TBCG, CBG, MTRO, STB, ARBB, BIRG, and CBKD
Should you be buying NatWest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NatWest Group include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), AIB Group (AIBG), Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public (BOCH), TBC Bank Group (TBCG), Close Brothers Group (CBG), Metro Bank (MTRO), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Bank of Ireland Group (BIRG), and Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. (CBKD). These companies are all part of the "banks - regional" industry.
Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) and NatWest Group (LON:NWG) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
49.0% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.9% of NatWest Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of NatWest Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Lloyds Banking Group received 2156 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.77% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote while only 70.50% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.
Lloyds Banking Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 55.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.34%. NatWest Group has a consensus price target of GBX 309.38, suggesting a potential downside of 1.79%. Given NatWest Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than NatWest Group.
Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NatWest Group has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group. NatWest Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lloyds Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NatWest Group has a net margin of 31.09% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 27.61%. Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity of 11.72% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.
Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NatWest Group pays out 3,617.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 3 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 3 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Lloyds Banking Group's score of -0.30 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Lloyds Banking Group beats NatWest Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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