Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. FLG scored 71.0, NWG scored 77.0 — NWG leads.
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FLG
Flagstar Bank, National Association
Banks - Regional · Financial strength
39.9Fin
$11.32 · $4.7B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
38.5
NWG leads
NWG
NatWest Group plc
Banks - Regional · Financial strength
78.4Fin
$17.13 · $67.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthNWG+13.3%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Fundamentals, head-to-head
FLG
NWG
-20.2%F
Rev
+13.3%B+
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P/E
8.6xA-
0.6%C
ROE
14.8%B
0.62A
P/B
1.31B+
0.3%C
Yield
5.5%A-
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
FLGFlagstar Bank, National Association
Banks - Regional · $11.32 · beta 1.05
Why now
Banks - Regional · market cap $4.7b. Down 27% from 52-week high of $15.44 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -20% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. PEG 0.78 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 17 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $15.59 (implying +38% upside).
Moat
Financial moat — scale of deposit base / underwriting franchise plus regulatory capital advantages. The largest players compound book value through cycles that erase smaller competitors.
Risk
Revenue contracting -20% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Net margin 2.4% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. ROE 1% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
NWGNatWest Group plc
Banks - Regional · $17.13 · beta 0.82
Why now
Banks - Regional · market cap $67.9b. 12% off the 52-week high of $19.42. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. 4 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $21.91 (implying +28% upside).
Moat
Net margin 38% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 15% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $67.9b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is NWG or FLG the better stock?
NWG scores higher: NWG 77.0, FLG 71.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are NWG and FLG scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.