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NWG vs. RY, MUFG, HDB, C, UBS, TD, IBN, SMFG, SAN, and BBVA

Should you be buying NatWest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NatWest Group include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), HDFC Bank (HDB), Citigroup (C), UBS Group (UBS), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), ICICI Bank (IBN), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG), Banco Santander (SAN), and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

NatWest Group vs.

NatWest Group (NYSE:NWG) and Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.

1.3% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

NatWest Group has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 33 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 14 mentions for NatWest Group. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat NatWest Group's score of 0.38 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NatWest Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Royal Bank of Canada
15 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Royal Bank of Canada received 764 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.26% of users gave Royal Bank of Canada an outperform vote while only 40.74% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NatWest GroupOutperform Votes
44
40.74%
Underperform Votes
64
59.26%
Royal Bank of CanadaOutperform Votes
808
54.26%
Underperform Votes
681
45.74%

Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of $156.50, indicating a potential upside of 36.94%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than NatWest Group.

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
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Royal Bank of Canada has a net margin of 12.08% compared to NatWest Group's net margin of 0.00%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 15.26% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NatWest GroupN/A 11.76% 0.64%
Royal Bank of Canada 12.08%15.26%0.84%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NatWest Group$14.65B3.41$5.77B$1.369.12
Royal Bank of Canada$60.46B2.67$11.92B$8.9012.84

NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of $4.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. NatWest Group pays out 55.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 45.7% 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. Royal Bank of Canada has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats NatWest Group on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NWG vs. The Competition

MetricNatWest GroupCommercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$50.24B$35.63B$11.16B$19.60B
Dividend Yield2.54%3.52%5.64%3.90%
P/E Ratio9.178.7324.3533.63
Price / Sales3.411.6025.2630.70
Price / Cash6.439.6317.7017.56
Price / Book0.991.262.534.65
Net Income$5.77B$3.43B$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.07%-1.50%-1.32%-3.30%
1 Month Performance12.30%1.22%-2.35%-5.42%
1 Year Performance92.18%31.78%13.05%7.43%

NatWest Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWG
NatWest Group
3.9159 of 5 stars
$12.40
+2.6%
N/A+88.1%$50.24B$14.65B9.1763,700Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
4.8371 of 5 stars
$118.57
-0.3%
$156.50
+32.0%
+16.0%$167.70B$98.71B14.3594,838Dividend Cut
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
2.6653 of 5 stars
$12.58
-0.5%
N/A+21.8%$151.75B$6.78T11.54140,000News Coverage
Positive News
HDB
HDFC Bank
1.953 of 5 stars
$59.73
+0.4%
N/A+9.7%$151.26B$2.39T18.16213,527Positive News
C
Citigroup
4.9825 of 5 stars
$78.49
-1.5%
$83.93
+6.9%
+28.7%$148.44B$170.76B13.19239,000
UBS
UBS Group
3.066 of 5 stars
$33.48
+0.0%
N/A+16.1%$107.34B$84.56B22.02112,842Short Interest ↑
Positive News
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
4.7654 of 5 stars
$59.38
-0.8%
$80.50
+35.6%
-0.7%$103.93B$88.27B17.11102,190Dividend Cut
Analyst Revision
IBN
ICICI Bank
1.598 of 5 stars
$28.23
+0.2%
N/A+4.6%$99.67B$20.04B18.69187,765Stock Split
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
3.0784 of 5 stars
$15.21
-0.5%
N/A+34.2%$99.51B$5.12T14.77120,000Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
SAN
Banco Santander
4.161 of 5 stars
$6.16
+2.1%
N/A+54.7%$93.26B$66.96B7.42212,764Gap Up
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
3.7442 of 5 stars
$12.94
+1.9%
N/A+29.3%$75.51B$35.48B7.15121,486Short Interest ↓
Gap Up

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