NatWest Group (NWG) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BNC or NWG?

NatWest Group has a consensus price target of GBX 403.75, indicating a potential downside of 11.09%. Given NatWest Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is BNC or NWG a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, BNC or NWG?

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

Does the media refer more to BNC or NWG?

In the previous week, NatWest Group had 5 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NatWest Group and 1 mentions for Banco Santander. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Banco Santander's score of 0.50 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NatWest Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BNC or NWG?

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
Banco Santander	£70.85B	1.26	£14.20B	£63.81	7.59
NatWest Group	£24.36B	1.49	£4.43B	£55.69	8.15

Is BNC or NWG 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
Banco Santander	20.05%	12.99%	0.73%
NatWest Group	18.21%	13.29%	0.64%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BNC or NWG?

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BNC or NWG?

NatWest Group received 6 more outperform votes than Banco Santander when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.30% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave Banco Santander an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Santander	Outperform Votes 101 64.74%	Underperform Votes 55 35.26%
NatWest Group	Outperform Votes 107 72.30%	Underperform Votes 41 27.70%

Summary

NatWest Group beats Banco Santander on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.