- Net interest margin: 2.5% (est 2.51%)
- Pretax operating profit: £2.23B (est £2.2B)
NatWest Q3 pretax profit beat estimates at £2.23B, but net interest income missed at £3.56B. Non-interest income beat at £1.08B. The bank reaffirmed its H1 2026 outlook and guided RWAs to ~£210B. The results follow a separate report showing NatWest Markets Q3 net profit fell sharply to GBP 6 million.
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