NatWest Group (NWG) – Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

NatWest Group (NYSE: NWG) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 8/13/2026 – NatWest Group was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b-)” to “buy (b)”.
• 8/9/2026 – NatWest Group was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 8/1/2026 – NatWest Group was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 7/31/2026 – NatWest Group had its “buy (b-)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 7/17/2026 – NatWest Group was upgraded by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods from “hold” to “moderate buy”.
• 6/27/2026 – NatWest Group was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 6/24/2026 – NatWest Group is now covered by Berenberg Bank. They set a “buy” rating on the stock.

NatWest Group Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be given a dividend of $0.3222 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 337.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th. NatWest Group’s dividend payout ratio is currently 30.85%.

NatWest Group plc is a major UK-based banking and financial services group headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. The company traces its roots to the Royal Bank of Scotland, founded in 1727, and adopted the NatWest Group name in 2020 as part of a strategic refocus on its NatWest brand. NatWest Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange and also has American depositary shares trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NWG.

The group provides a broad range of banking services across retail, private, commercial, corporate and institutional segments.