NatWest Group (LON:NWG) Insider Purchases £3,102 in Stock

NatWest Group plc (LON:NWG) insider Roisin Donnelly bought 470 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, January 2nd. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 660 per share, for a total transaction of £3,102.

NatWest Group Price Performance

Shares of LON:NWG opened at GBX 632.40 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 621.26 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 558.31. The company has a market cap of £50.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.68, a PEG ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 1.28. NatWest Group plc has a one year low of GBX 369 and a one year high of GBX 674.20.

NatWest Group (LON:NWG) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October 24th. The company reported GBX 19.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. NatWest Group had a return on equity of 13.29% and a net margin of 18.21%. Equities research analysts expect that NatWest Group plc will post 45.9724712 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Key NatWest Group News

Here are the key news stories impacting NatWest Group this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NatWest announced a continued share buyback: it repurchased 848,792 ordinary shares on 7 Jan 2026 (part of its ongoing cancellation programme), which reduces share count and supports EPS. NatWest Continues Share Buyback with £848,792-Share Repurchase for Cancellation
• Positive Sentiment: Additional repurchase: NatWest repurchased and cancelled 787,737 shares on 6 Jan 2026 under the same buyback programme — another shareholder-return action that can be supportive of the share price over time. NatWest Repurchases and Cancels 787,737 Shares Under Ongoing Buyback Programme
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple insiders/directors have been buying small stakes (several disclosed purchases between 179 and 1,804 shares). Insider buying is a positive signal of management confidence, although the sizes are minor versus NatWest’s market cap. Insider Buying: NatWest Group Insider Purchases
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst coverage remains generally constructive (several recent upgrades/target increases reported earlier), which supports medium-term sentiment but may be priced in already. MarketBeat NWG Coverage
• Negative Sentiment: MarketWatch reports NatWest underperformed the market today, which — combined with elevated trading volume — suggests broad market/sector pressure or profit-taking is driving the decline despite buybacks and insider purchases. NatWest Group slips Wednesday, underperforms market

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently issued reports on NWG. Citigroup raised their price target on NatWest Group from GBX 690 to GBX 765 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on shares of NatWest Group from GBX 650 to GBX 725 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Shore Capital upped their price target on shares of NatWest Group from GBX 500 to GBX 550 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of NatWest Group from GBX 615 to GBX 630 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an “overweight” rating and issued a GBX 730 price objective on shares of NatWest Group in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NatWest Group has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 666.67.

About NatWest Group

We’re a UK-focussed bank serving over 20 million customers, with businesses across retail, commercial and private banking markets.

With a brand history stretching back nearly 300 years, we have our roots in the communities we serve across every nation and region of the UK. Our brands include NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank and Coutts.