NatWest Group plc (NWG): one to watch?

Not a crash at all — NWG is near 52-week highs after a multi-year recovery; the "-92%" is 2008 bailout history, so re-underwrite it as a normal bank, not a bargain.

👀 WATCH Fundamentals55/100

Down 92% from its all-time high of $227.92 — now $18.31

Why NWG dropped

The -92% figure is leftover from the 2007-2008 financial crisis when the UK government bailed out RBS (now NatWest) with £45.5bn; that crash is 18 years old and irrelevant to today's price action. Since then the UK government fully exited its stake in May 2025, and the stock has been rallying hard, trading near its 52-week high of $19.36 and up roughly 44% over the past year on improving profitability and buybacks.

Fwd P/E 8.4Op margin 50.3%Rev growth 7.5%Debt/equity —Analyst upside 15.9%

How this scored 55/100

✅ Passes all 4 hard checks — profitable, cash-generative, and financially survivable.

✅ Makes money Net profit margin 36.9%

✅ Generates cash Free cash flow unknown

✅ Not drowning in debt Debt/equity unknown — exempt (banks run on leverage by design)

✅ Can pay its bills Exempt (financials)

Bar length shows how much each metric is worth — a 10-point metric is twice as wide as a 5-point one. Hover any row for what it means.

Profitability Does it actually make money? 21/25

Operating margin 50.3% 9/9

Net profit margin 36.9% 8/8

Return on equity 14.1% 4/8

Growth Is it getting bigger, or dying? 13/25

Revenue growth 7.5% 4/9

Earnings growth 15.6% 5/8

Expected profit change 12.5% 5/8

Value Is it cheap right now? 13/25

Forward P/E 8.4 10/10

PEG ratio 2.7 1/8

Analyst target upside 15.9% 2/7

Balance sheet Will it survive? 8/25

Debt / equity unknown 3/10

Current ratio unknown 2/8

Free cash flow unknown 2/7

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Analysis generated by SmartStonks's AI from public fundamentals and news, first flagged 2026-07-28. Research only — not financial advice.