Published on 22 Apr 2024 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance
Investing in NatWest Group (LON:NWG) three years ago would have delivered you a 64% gain
By buying an index fund, you can roughly match the market return with ease. But if you choose individual stocks with prowess, you can make superior returns. For example, the NatWest Group plc (LON:NWG) share price is up 29% in the last three years, clearly besting the market decline of around 0.8% (not including dividends). However, more recent returns haven't been as impressive as that, with the stock returning just 8.2% in the last year , including dividends .
So let's investigate and see if the longer term performance of the company has been in line with the underlying business' progress.