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NatWest Group PLC

NWG#70 of 134 by buybacks

LSE · Financial Services · Banks - Regional · UK

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Buybacks · FY2025£2.56B≈ $3.39B · reported in GBP
Buyback yield—repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · FY2025£2.38Bdividend yield —
Shareholder yield—buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−24.0%8.06B shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flown/anot meaningful for this company
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in GBP. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 24.0% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in GBP. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in GBP. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025£2.56B£2.38B−£17.3B
FY2024Dec 2024£2.72B£1.80B£694M
FY2023Dec 2023£2.42B£1.70B−£14.9B
FY2022Dec 2022£2.05B£3.21B−£44.2B
FY2021Dec 2021£1.81B£1.02B£52.8B
FY2020Dec 2020£2.00M£381M£28.7B
FY2019Dec 2019£21.0M£3.42B−£4.25B

Repurchases in FY2025 were −5.8% versus the prior year.

About NatWest Group PLC

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. The Retail Banking segment offers a range of banking products and related financial services, such as current accounts, mortgages, personal unsecured lending, and personal deposits, as well as mobile and online banking services. Its Private Banking segment provides banking,…

Market cap
GBX 50.9B
P/E (trailing)
8.6×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
GB00BM8PJY71
Reporting currency
GBP
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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