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NatWest Group (NWG) Competitors

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GBX 459.40 -7.20 (-1.54%)
As of 03/28/2025 12:41 PM Eastern

NWG vs. BNC, LLOY, BARC, RKT, COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, BOY, and DFS

Should you be buying NatWest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NatWest Group include Banco Santander (BNC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), and DFS Furniture (DFS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

NatWest Group vs.

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

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
Banco Santander20.05% 12.99% 0.73%
NatWest Group 18.21%13.29%0.64%

In the previous week, Banco Santander and Banco Santander both had 3 articles in the media. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.29 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander£70.85B1.37£14.20B£63.818.31
NatWest Group£24.36B1.51£4.43B£55.698.25

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

NatWest Group has a consensus price target of GBX 477.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.94%. Given NatWest Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe NatWest Group is more favorable than Banco Santander.

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

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

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NatWest Group pays out 32.3% 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.

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Banco SantanderOutperform Votes
101
64.74%
Underperform Votes
55
35.26%
NatWest GroupOutperform Votes
109
72.67%
Underperform Votes
41
27.33%

Summary

NatWest Group beats Banco Santander on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NWG vs. The Competition

MetricNatWest GroupBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£36.77B£6.26B£4.17B£2.60B
Dividend Yield0.06%4.25%4.19%4.82%
P/E Ratio8.258.3515.97141.20
Price / Sales1.5140.021,692.33281,678.09
Price / Cash0.0714.2548.9727.94
Price / Book1.130.583.354.61
Net Income£4.43B£16.75B£1.28B£5.78B
7 Day Performance0.35%0.18%-0.17%1.35%
1 Month Performance-4.05%1.52%6.12%7.22%
1 Year Performance73.03%17.88%9.69%111.96%

NatWest Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWG
NatWest Group
2.9327 of 5 stars
GBX 459.40
-1.5%
GBX 477.50
+3.9%
+73.0%£36.77B£24.36B8.2561,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 545
+1.5%
N/A+37.3%£100.04B£70.85B8.54206,500
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.3602 of 5 stars
GBX 72.36
+2.5%
GBX 60.60
-16.3%
+42.2%£43.88B£28.75B9.1559,400Analyst Forecast
BARC
Barclays
1.5483 of 5 stars
GBX 303.60
+2.1%
GBX 311.43
+2.6%
+60.5%£43.59B£24.93B8.9287,400Analyst Forecast
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.8016 of 5 stars
GBX 5,130
-1.2%
GBX 4,788.50
-6.7%
+15.8%£35.00B£13.78B23.4826,000
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898News Coverage
BUR
Burford Capital
2.8686 of 5 stars
GBX 1,075
+0.3%
GBX 1,600
+48.8%
-15.4%£2.96B£299.55M19.23140News Coverage
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.6257 of 5 stars
GBX 322.50
+1.7%
GBX 297
-7.9%
+38.4%£1.85B£92.71M48.34130
TRST
Trustpilot Group
2.685 of 5 stars
GBX 228.50
-0.9%
GBX 335
+46.6%
+18.2%£1.20B£222.55M75.75820Insider Trade
News Coverage
BOY
Bodycote
2.8592 of 5 stars
GBX 567
+0.2%
GBX 812.50
+43.3%
-18.2%£1.02B£739.54M17.064,833Gap Down
DFS
DFS Furniture
2.716 of 5 stars
GBX 137.40
+0.1%
GBX 185
+34.6%
+18.4%£316.63M£964.48M-73.5720,200
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This page (LON:NWG) was last updated on 3/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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