NWG vs. LLOY, AIBG, BARC, PRU, STAN, LGEN, AV, SMT, ADM, and PSH
Should you be buying NatWest Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NatWest Group include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), AIB Group (AIBG), Barclays (BARC), Prudential (PRU), Standard Chartered (STAN), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Aviva (AV), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), Admiral Group (ADM), and Pershing Square (PSH). These companies are all part of the "financial services" sector.
NatWest Group (LON:NWG) and Lloyds Banking Group (LON:LLOY) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.
Lloyds Banking Group has higher revenue and earnings than NatWest Group. NatWest Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lloyds Banking Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NatWest Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 309.38, indicating a potential downside of 3.11%. Lloyds Banking Group has a consensus target price of GBX 55.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.90%. Given Lloyds Banking Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lloyds Banking Group is more favorable than NatWest Group.
In the previous week, Lloyds Banking Group had 4 more articles in the media than NatWest Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lloyds Banking Group and 3 mentions for NatWest Group. Lloyds Banking Group's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat NatWest Group's score of 0.46 indicating that Lloyds Banking Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NatWest Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Lloyds Banking Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 3 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. NatWest Group pays out 3,617.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lloyds Banking Group pays out 4,285.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
NatWest Group has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lloyds Banking Group has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lloyds Banking Group received 2156 more outperform votes than NatWest Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.01% of users gave NatWest Group an outperform vote while only 70.77% of users gave Lloyds Banking Group an outperform vote.
38.6% of NatWest Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.7% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.2% of NatWest Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Lloyds Banking Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NatWest Group has a net margin of 31.09% compared to Lloyds Banking Group's net margin of 27.61%. NatWest Group's return on equity of 11.72% beat Lloyds Banking Group's return on equity.
Summary
NatWest Group beats Lloyds Banking Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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