NWG.L · bank / insurer · relative-multiples view
NatWest Group plc (NWG.L): Valuation Snapshot
NatWest Group plc (NWG.L) is a bank, insurer or other financial, and a discounted-cash-flow model is the wrong lens for one, so TickerWorth does not publish a DCF fair value for it. What its filings and market data do show is below. Snapshot as of Oct 19, 2026.
Model by Miraaj Patel · generated from public market data · Updated Oct 19, 2026 · How these pages are made
How is a bank like NWG.L valued?
This is a bank / insurer / financial. A free-cash-flow DCF is structurally the wrong lens here (their debt and float are raw material, not financing), so we don't publish one. Our bank model (justified price-to-book) declined to value it too: our cost-of-equity inputs are US-market (10-year Treasury, US equity risk premium); we don't apply them to a GBP listing. The price-to-book and price-to-earnings figures below are context for comparison, not a fair value.
Bank model (justified price-to-book)
Not published. Our cost-of-equity inputs are US-market (10-year Treasury, US equity risk premium); we don't apply them to a GBP listing.
What is NWG.L's TickerWorth Score?
Scores higher than almost every company we compare it with
Compared with Financial Services companies in UK
Its strongest point: a profitable, high-quality business. Its weakest: growth is slow or negative.
- Value · 67 of 100
Cheaper than 67% of Financial Services companies in UK
- Price vs worth · 52 of 100
- Quality · 80 of 100
More profitable than 80% of Financial Services companies in UK
- Financial health · 73 of 100
Financially stronger than 73% of Financial Services companies in UK
- Growth · 40 of 100
Growing faster than 40% of Financial Services companies in UK
- Momentum · 48 of 100
Outperformed 48% of Financial Services companies in UK over the past year
Confidence: Medium confidence · Scored
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- Price
- £6.48
- Market cap
- £51,
311, 742, 976 - 52-week high
- £7.88
- 52-week low
- £5.04
- Currency
- GBP
- Exchange
- LSE
Snapshot of Oct 19, 2026, quote time not published · Prices are delayed.
What we can say
NatWest Group plc (NWG.L) is a bank, insurer or other financial, and a free-cash-flow discounted-cash-flow (DCF) model is structurally the wrong lens for it: for these businesses debt and float are raw material, not financing, so there is no meaningful 'free cash flow' to discount. Instead of a misleading intrinsic-value number, this page reads NWG.L the way financials are actually valued — on relative multiples such as price-to-earnings and, above all, price-to-book — plus a plain description of where the stock trades. It is a descriptive snapshot, not a valuation, and not investment advice.
Read the full reasoning
On the numbers we do have, NWG.L trades at a recent price of £6.48, a market capitalisation of about £51,311,742,976, sitting 51% of the way up its 52-week range (£5.04–£7.88), on the LSE.
The standard alternative to a DCF is relative valuation — comparing NWG.L's trading multiples against its direct industry peers. Here that gives P/E of 8.6× (cheaper than the peer median of 13.0×); Fwd P/E of 7.7× (cheaper than the peer median of 9.2×); P/B of 1.3× (in line with the peer median of 1.4×); P/S of 3.1× (richer than the peer median of 2.6×); Dividend yield of 5.4% (cheaper than the peer median of 3.4%). A cheaper multiple than peers can flag a discount or a market that expects weaker growth; it is a comparison, not a recommendation.
The asset, or book-value, lens is the classic tool for asset-heavy businesses and financials. NWG.L shows a price-to-book (P/B) of 1.33 and book value of £4.87 per share. Price-to-book compares the market price to the accounting net-asset value per share; below 1.0 can mean a discount to net assets or that the market is pricing in trouble — descriptive either way, never a buy signal on its own.
Finally, a price-based read — explicitly not a valuation. NWG.L is in a mixed trend, trading -17.8% from its 52-week high. Over the past year the stock is +24.4%. Moving-average trend and 52-week position describe where the stock has traded; they say nothing about what it is worth.
To be exact about what this page is not: we are not saying the numbers for NWG.L are unavailable. They are, and they are above. We are saying a discounted-cash-flow model is the wrong instrument for this kind of business, and publishing one anyway — because the inputs happen to exist — would be a precise answer to the wrong question. Refusing is the more useful answer, and it is the same rule we apply to every name in this category.
NWG.L vs peers
Direct industry peers.
| Multiple | NWG.L | Peer median | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 8.6× | 13.0× | cheaper than |
| Fwd P/E | 7.7× | 9.2× | cheaper than |
| P/B | 1.3× | 1.4× | in line with |
| P/S | 3.1× | 2.6× | richer than |
| Dividend yield | 5.4% | 3.4% | cheaper than |
What does NatWest Group plc do?
What does it do?
NatWest Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides banking and financial products and services in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates through the Retail Banking, Private Banking, and Commercial & Institutional segments. It operates in the Banks - Regional industry (Financial Services sector), headquartered in United Kingdom. The company employs roughly 59,000 people.
How does it make money?
The business turns 16.8B in annual revenue into profit. Out of every $100 of sales, about $53 is left as operating profit (operating margin of 53.0%), after a 0% gross margin on the products/services it sells. After all costs, taxes and interest, 37.7% of revenue becomes bottom-line net profit.
Is it financially healthy?
Financially it looks solid: is currently profitable.
NWG.L insider trading
Insider filings are available for US-listed companies only.
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