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Best Diversified Bank Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top diversified bank stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best diversified bank stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best diversified bank stocks to buy right now are:

Barclays (NYSE:BCS) is the #1 top diversified bank stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Barclays (NYSE:BCS) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Barclays (NYSE:BCS) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 15 points higher than the diversified bank industry average of 35.

BCS passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Barclays has seen its stock return 63.96% over the past year, overperforming other diversified bank stocks by 35 percentage points.

Natwest Group (NYSE:NWG) is the #2 top diversified bank stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Natwest Group (NYSE:NWG) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Natwest Group (NYSE:NWG) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 6 points higher than the diversified bank industry average of 35.

NWG passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Natwest Group has seen its stock return 75% over the past year, overperforming other diversified bank stocks by 46 percentage points.

Bank Of Nt Butterfield & Son (NYSE:NTB) is the #3 top diversified bank stock out of 16 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Bank Of Nt Butterfield & Son (NYSE:NTB) is: Value: C, Growth: D, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Bank Of Nt Butterfield & Son (NYSE:NTB) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 4 points higher than the diversified bank industry average of 35.

NTB passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Bank Of Nt Butterfield & Son has seen its stock return 25.7% over the past year, underperforming other diversified bank stocks by -3 percentage points.

Bank Of Nt Butterfield & Son has an average 1 year price target of $47.00, an upside of 10.82% from Bank Of Nt Butterfield & Son's current stock price of $42.41.

Bank Of Nt Butterfield & Son stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Bank Of Nt Butterfield & Son, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 10 diversified bank stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 diversified bank stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Ubs Group Ag (NYSE:UBS) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the diversified bank industry average of 2.82%. Ubs Group Ag's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Ubs Group Ag's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ubs Group Ag's dividend payout ratio of 19.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Hsbc Holdings (NYSE:HSBC) has an annual dividend yield of 5.58%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the diversified bank industry average of 2.82%. Hsbc Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten times in the last 10 years. Hsbc Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Hsbc Holdings's dividend payout ratio of 65.5% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Natwest Group (NYSE:NWG) has an annual dividend yield of 3.89%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the diversified bank industry average of 2.82%. Natwest Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. Natwest Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Natwest Group's dividend payout ratio of 34.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Diversified bank stocks were down -1.42% in the last day, and down -1.48% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why diversified bank stocks are down.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued diversified bank stocks right now are:

Bank Of Nt Butterfield & Son (NYSE:NTB) is the most undervalued diversified bank stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Bank Of Nt Butterfield & Son has a valuation score of 29, which is -14 points higher than the diversified bank industry average of 43. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Bank Of Nt Butterfield & Son's stock has gained 25.7% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the diversified bank industry by -3 percentage points.

Hsbc Holdings (NYSE:HSBC) is the second most undervalued diversified bank stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Hsbc Holdings has a valuation score of 43, which is 0 points higher than the diversified bank industry average of 43. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hsbc Holdings's stock has gained 36.96% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the diversified bank industry by 8 percentage points.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) is the third most undervalued diversified bank stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Citigroup has a valuation score of 57, which is 14 points higher than the diversified bank industry average of 43. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Citigroup's stock has gained 26.78% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the diversified bank industry by -2 percentage points.

44.44% of diversified bank stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect diversified bank stocks to rise by 23.2% over the next year.

0% of diversified bank stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of diversified bank stocks are rated B (Buy), 62.5% are rated C (Hold), 37.5% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).