We're taking a closer look at NatWest today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -6.4% compared to -2.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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NatWest Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides banking and financial products and services to personal, commercial, corporate, and institutional customers in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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NatWest has moved 80.2% over the last year compared to 23.7% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 56.5%
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NWG has an average analyst rating of buy and is -14.32% away from its mean target price of $10.76 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $1.28
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NatWest has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.2 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.14 and its forward P/E ratio is 8.1
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.99 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
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NatWest is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.04 and an average P/B of 1.86
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NatWest has on average reported free cash flows of $5.46 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 1.6%