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NatWest NWG

US equityMarket cap rank #361
$15.60 −$0.36 (-2.26%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $15.60 0.00%
Open$15.56
Prev close$15.96
Day range$15.56 – $15.80
Volume5.33M
Market cap$61.54B
P/E (TTM)7.8
Dividend yield6.03%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership93.1%-1.89 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,026-16 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)0 buys / 5 sellsNet selling
Short interest0.05% of floatDays to cover 1.0 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share15.0%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

6%14%21%29%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$10.38M (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$5.2MSuper−$5.2MBig−$1.2MMid−$21.0MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 25.7% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock9.81%
  • MFS Investment Management4.34%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.07%
  • Capital Research3.94%
  • FMR3.58%
  • Norges Bank Investment Management3.56%
  • Sanders Capital, LLC2.53%
  • HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited2.37%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund76.48%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund4.98%
  • Public Company3.30%
  • Private Company2.68%
  • Government Pension Fund1.80%
  • Hedge Fund1.79%
  • Corporate Pension Plan1.65%
  • Insurance Company0.13%

Reported short interest has held roughly steady near 0.05% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
The Toronto-Dominion Bank Public Company 2026/Q3 +2,032,982 0.3%
Amundi Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +25,397,028 1.8%
FMR Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +19,805,066 3.8%
UBS Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +17,024,618 1.9%
Fidelity International Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +14,459,391 0.8%
Norges Bank Investment Management Sovereign Wealth Fund 2026/Q3 +13,326,832 3.5%
Principal Global Investors, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +12,140,079 1.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +4,746,223 9.8%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +4,497,812 0.9%
Citigroup Inc. Public Company 2026/Q3 +4,184,413 0.3%
Generali Asset Management S.p.a. Societa Di Gestione Del Risparmio Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,487,500 0.1%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,769,385 0.4%
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Government Pension Fund 2026/Q3 +2,561,214 0.1%
The Toronto-Dominion Bank Public Company 2026/Q3 +2,045,500 0.3%
CIBC Asset Management Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,929,195 0.7%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
10 Jan 2025 HM Treasury Intent to Sell (Form 144) -80,544,153 $3.85 –
10 Oct 2024 HM Treasury Intent to Sell (Form 144) -41,525,779 $9.26 –
10 Jul 2024 HM Treasury Intent to Sell (Form 144) -41,598,402 $8.27 –
10 Apr 2024 HM Treasury Intent to Sell (Form 144) -43,698,747 $7.09 –
10 Jan 2024 HM Treasury Intent to Sell (Form 144) -44,022,814 $5.49 –
11 Oct 2023 HM Treasury Intent to Sell (Form 144) -44,417,454 $5.76 –

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Oct 2026 1,949,933 0.0% 1.0
30 Sep 2026 2,228,659 0.1% 1.0
15 Sep 2026 1,207,880 0.0% 1.0
31 Aug 2026 1,357,486 0.0% 1.0
14 Aug 2026 1,559,331 0.0% 1.0
31 Jul 2026 1,761,163 0.0% 1.0

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