We Raise our Fair Value Estimate for NatWest to GBX 300 per Share on Higher net Margin Assumptions

Once the biggest bank in the world, NatWest Group is now a much smaller, mostly U.K.-focused bank with a good retail and commercial banking franchise. The bank also stands on a more solid footing than it has ever had during the last decade. The largest litigation and conduct issues—such as the residential mortgage-backed securities case in the U.S. and the redress for mis-sold payment protection insurance, which had been significant headwinds to performance over the recent past—have come to a close.