P/E 9.3 — cheaper than most Financial Services peers (≈25th pctile)
ROE14.8%B
ROE 14.8% — acceptable capital return
P/B1.42B+
P/B 1.42 — reasonable for a quality bank
Yield5.0%A-
Yield 5.0% — strong income
Forward price target — the 1-year figure is the analyst consensus where the stock is covered; the 5- and 10-year figures compound our earnings estimate from there. The DCF below is a separate cross-check on intrinsic value (what it's worth today), not another target.
Financial strength · 76.4 / 100
Profitability74.1
Value (P/B)68.2
Income90.3
A peer-relative read for financials on profitability (ROE), valuation, and covered income — the quality-growth (FCF/ROIC) screen doesn't apply to balance-sheet businesses. Not comparable to the 0–100 quality-growth score shown on other stocks.
Entry · Margin of safety
52-week rangeNear 52-week high
3% off the 12-month high
Model-generatedGenerated by the Bull Rankings model from this company's reported fundamentals, and checked against the figures shown above.
Why now
Banks - Regional · market cap $74.9b. Trading near 52-week high of $19.42 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. 4 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $21.54 (implying +14% 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. $74.9b 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
Trading within 3% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. 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.
Horizon
1-3 yr $21.54 (4-analyst consensus) — multiple re-rating thesis requires a catalyst. 5 yr $27.19 at ~8% CAGR — dividend + buyback compounding. 10 yr $34.87 if the moat survives secular pressure.
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Score history · NWG
Not enough history yet — the model records NWG's score after each daily run, and the chart appears once a few days have accumulated.
NWG at a glance
Every figure here comes from the same audited fundamentals behind the score. Charts drawn from data the score does not use say so on the card.
Analyst estimate revisions
30-day change
+3.5%
90-day change
+1.0%
Forward EPS estimate
$2.17
Over the last 90 days, what analysts expect NWG to earn is drifting higher (+1.0%). The estimate is derived from price and forward P/E captured at the same instant, so a moving share price does not move this number — only a changed forecast does.
A rising estimate means expectations are improving, not that the price has failed to keep up — and estimates get cut as readily as they get raised. It is not part of the Bull Rankings score. Biggest movers across the market →
Position sizing · NWG
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Shares to buy
105
Position size
$1,981
4.0% of portfolio
Stop price
$14.15
25% below $18.87
$ at risk if stopped
$495.34
budget $500.00 · 1% of portfolio
Math only — share count is floor(portfolio × risk% ÷ (price × stop%)). Doesn't account for commissions, slippage, gap risk, or position-correlation across your book. Inputs persist locally; never sent to the server. Not investment advice.
NatWest Group plc (NWG): score, valuation & FAQ
NatWest Group plc (NWG) is a Banks - Regional company. As a bank, insurer or REIT it runs on a different financial model from the rest of the market, so Bull Rankings grades it on a sector-appropriate card — price-to-book, dividend yield, payout ratio and cash-flow coverage — rather than the 0–100 quality-growth score used elsewhere. The read below is a transparent screen, not a buy recommendation.
Its strongest graded signals are P/E (A-), Yield (A-) and Rev (B+).
Is NWG a good stock to buy?
Bull Rankings grades NWG on a sector-appropriate card — price-to-book, dividend yield, payout and cash-flow coverage — rather than a single quality-growth score. That is driven by P/E (A-), Yield (A-) and Rev (B+). A score is a quantitative screen of NatWest Group plc's fundamentals, not personalised financial advice — weigh it against your own time horizon and risk tolerance, and read the risk factors below before acting.
How does Bull Rankings grade NWG?
As a bank, insurer or REIT, NWG isn't given a quality-growth score — signals like free cash flow, debt-to-equity and P/E don't translate cleanly to a balance-sheet business. Instead it's graded on a sector-appropriate card: price-to-book, dividend yield, payout ratio and operating-cash-flow coverage, where it rates strongest on P/E (A-), Yield (A-) and Rev (B+).
Is NWG overvalued or undervalued?
We don't compute a reliable discounted-cash-flow value for NWG — typically because it is not yet consistently profitable or free-cash-flow positive — so its valuation rests on growth and price-to-sales rather than on earnings-based intrinsic value. Judge it on the trajectory of the business, not a single multiple.
What are the main risks of investing in NWG?
Trading within 3% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. 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.
Bull Rankings is an automated fundamentals screen for research and education. It is not investment advice, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Do your own research and consider consulting a licensed financial advisor.