NatWest Group Plc ADS/$NWG
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About NatWest Group Plc ADS
NatWest Group derives around 90% of its total income from the United Kingdom. The bank operates a retail, commercial, and private bank in the UK, offering clients lending and payment services as well as asset management services.
- Ticker
- $NWG
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 59,000
- Headquarters
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Website
- www.natwestgroup.com
NWG Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$74B
18.50
$1.01
0.82
$0.61
6.51%
Price and volume
Market cap
$74B
Beta
0.82
52-week high
$19.42
52-week low
$13.56
Average daily volume
2.8M
Dividend rate
$0.61
Financial strength
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
46.02%
Profitability
Net profit margin (TTM)
37.73%
Operating margin (TTM)
50.75%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
24.90%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$377,550
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
0.86%
Return on equity (TTM)
14.78%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
18.505
Price to revenue (TTM)
6.581
Price to book
1.42
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.42
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
-8.122
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
-12.31%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
-2.293
Dividend yield (TTM)
3.25%
Forward dividend yield
6.51%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
13.09%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
25.04%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.75%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
24.47%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
7.64%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
22.01%
Bulls say / Bears say
Robust capital generation: NatWest delivered 137 bps of CET1 capital pre-distributions in H1 2026 and now targets over 240 bps (ex-Evelyn Partners) for full-year 2026, underpinning its capacity to fund growth and shareholder returns ahead of plan (Reuters)
Strong earnings growth: first-half operating profit rose 20.4% to £4.3 billion, with attributable profit of £3.0 billion, EPS up 23.3% to 38.1 pence and RoTE at 19.7%, beating expectations and prompting an upgraded outlook (Reuters)
Improved efficiency and digital productivity: cost:income ratio (ex-litigation) improved by 2.8 pp to 46.0% in H1 2026, while the Cora digital assistant handled 7.1 million conversations (up 23% YoY), enhancing operational leverage (Reuters)
High UK concentration: with around 90% of its income tied to the United Kingdom, NatWest’s performance is highly exposed to domestic economic, political and interest rate uncertainties that could weigh on loan growth and margins (Reuters)
Evelyn Partners integration strained capital: the £28 million of transaction costs for the acquisition and £2.7 billion of related regulatory deductions drove a c.110 bp drop in the CET1 ratio to 13.2% in Q2 2026, reducing capital headroom (Reuters & NatWest Group Pillar 3 Report)
Net interest margin sensitivity: NIM contracted by 1 bp sequentially in Q2 2026, highlighting vulnerability to lending mix shifts and potential pressure on core profitability (Reuters)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 5 Sept 2026.
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