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NatWest Group ( (GB:NWG) ) has issued an announcement.
NatWest Group has continued executing its existing share buyback programme, repurchasing a series of tranches of ordinary shares from UBS over the week of 23–27 March 2026 across the London Stock Exchange and alternative trading venues. The purchases, made at volume-weighted average prices generally in the low- to mid-530s pence range, are intended to be cancelled, reducing the company’s share count and leaving 7.98 billion ordinary shares in issue excluding treasury holdings.
Following these transactions, NatWest now holds just over 195 million shares in treasury, underscoring an ongoing capital management strategy aimed at returning surplus capital to shareholders and potentially enhancing earnings per share. The continued buybacks reinforce the bank’s commitment to active balance sheet optimisation and may support its market valuation, while modestly increasing existing investors’ proportional ownership as shares are retired from circulation.
The most recent analyst rating on (GB:NWG) stock is a Buy with a £607.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on NatWest Group stock, see the GB:NWG Stock Forecast page.
Spark’s Take on NWG Stock
According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, NWG is a Neutral.
The score is driven primarily by solid profitability and upbeat guidance/capital returns, reinforced by attractive valuation. These positives are tempered by weak and volatile cash flow (including the most recent year), and softer near-term technical momentum.
To see Spark’s full report on NWG stock, click here.
More about NatWest Group
NatWest Group is a major U.K.-based banking and financial services group, providing retail, commercial and corporate banking across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The group focuses on lending, deposit-taking, payments and wealth management services, and is a key player in the British banking sector with a large listed shareholder base.
Average Trading Volume: 14,458,529
Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy
Current Market Cap: £42.66B
For an in-depth examination of NWG stock, go to TipRanks’ Overview page.