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

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

NatWest Group vs. Its Competitors

NatWest Group (NYSE:NWG) and HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.

In the previous week, HSBC had 16 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for HSBC and 7 mentions for NatWest Group. NatWest Group's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat HSBC's score of 0.65 indicating that NatWest Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NatWest Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
HSBC
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

HSBC has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.11%. Given HSBC's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe HSBC 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)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
HSBC
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

1.3% of NatWest Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of HSBC shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of HSBC shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. HSBC pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. NatWest Group pays out 49.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HSBC pays out 39.2% 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 has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HSBC has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NatWest Group has a net margin of 16.84% compared to HSBC's net margin of 13.48%. HSBC's return on equity of 12.73% beat NatWest Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NatWest Group16.84% 11.99% 0.68%
HSBC 13.48%12.73%0.81%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NatWest Group$36.57B1.57$6.14B$1.559.14
HSBC$141.75B1.57$23.98B$5.0512.62

Summary

HSBC beats NatWest Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NWG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NWG vs. The Competition

MetricNatWest GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$57.26B$68.10B$12.21B$20.70B
Dividend Yield5.46%3.61%5.65%3.67%
P/E Ratio9.148.9219.6328.45
Price / Sales1.574.6226.2756.07
Price / Cash8.119.6121.2823.21
Price / Book1.021.362.114.33
Net Income$6.14B$6.72B$1.00B$996.14M
7 Day Performance2.98%4.41%1.27%1.98%
1 Month Performance4.19%2.83%-0.02%-0.84%
1 Year Performance63.70%49.77%540.35%14.36%

NatWest Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWG
NatWest Group
3.9933 of 5 stars
$14.16
+0.1%
N/A+63.0%$57.26B$36.57B9.1462,100Positive News
HSBC
HSBC
1.4864 of 5 stars
$61.82
+0.7%
$63.00
+1.9%
+54.6%$214.27B$141.75B12.24211,304
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.1172 of 5 stars
$76.46
-0.7%
N/A+24.0%$194.94B$55.70B23.45214,521Positive News
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.609 of 5 stars
$129.94
+1.0%
$193.00
+48.5%
+21.9%$180.80B$98.71B14.4494,838Trending News
C
Citigroup
4.9038 of 5 stars
$92.03
+0.2%
$96.54
+4.9%
+60.0%$171.51B$170.76B13.59239,000Trending News
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.4907 of 5 stars
$13.79
-1.0%
N/A+52.2%$167.98B$89.51B13.13150,800News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
SAN
Banco Santander
3.148 of 5 stars
$8.67
+3.2%
N/A+109.7%$125.04B$66.96B9.63199,958
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
3.7757 of 5 stars
$73.48
+1.3%
$93.00
+26.6%
+29.2%$124.44B$88.27B10.77102,190News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↑
IBN
ICICI Bank
2.0429 of 5 stars
$33.20
-1.3%
N/A+16.7%$120.03B$22.68B20.50187,765Stock Split
UBS
UBS Group
3.4009 of 5 stars
$37.34
+1.8%
N/A+38.0%$117.58B$84.56B19.75108,648Trending News
Gap Up
SMFG
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
4.4523 of 5 stars
$15.22
+1.0%
N/A+33.4%$97.58B$66.82B16.03123,000Positive News

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