NatWest Group (NWG) Competitors

NatWest Group (LON:NWG) and Banco Santander (LON:BNC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Do analysts recommend NWG or BNC?

NatWest Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 477.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.98%. Given NatWest Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe NatWest Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NatWest Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Banco Santander	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more volatility & risk, NWG or BNC?

NatWest Group has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NWG or BNC?

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NatWest Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NatWest Group	£24.36B	1.51	£4.43B	£55.69	8.25
Banco Santander	£70.85B	1.32	£14.20B	£63.81	8.01

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NWG or BNC?

NatWest Group received 8 more outperform votes than Banco Santander when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.67% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NatWest Group	Outperform Votes 109 72.67%	Underperform Votes 41 27.33%
Banco Santander	Outperform Votes 101 64.74%	Underperform Votes 55 35.26%

Is NWG or BNC more profitable?

Banco Santander has a net margin of 20.05% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 18.21%. NatWest Group's return on equity of 13.29% beat Banco Santander's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NatWest Group	18.21%	13.29%	0.64%
Banco Santander	20.05%	12.99%	0.73%

Is NWG or BNC a better dividend stock?

NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. NatWest Group pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in NWG or BNC?

52.1% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Banco Santander shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.2% of NatWest Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to NWG or BNC?

In the previous week, NatWest Group had 1 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for NatWest Group and 1 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat NatWest Group's score of 0.49 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NatWest Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Banco Santander	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

NatWest Group beats Banco Santander on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.