Barclays (BCS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) is a British multinational bank and financial services company headquartered in London. The firm provides a broad range of banking and financial products to individual, corporate and institutional customers. Its core activities span retail and business banking, credit cards and payments, corporate and investment banking, and wealth and investment management.

In retail and business banking, Barclays offers deposit accounts, mortgages, personal and business loans, and card services. Its corporate and investment banking division delivers advisory, capital markets, trading, and financing solutions to companies, governments and institutions. Wealth and investment management services include private banking, asset management and financial planning for high-net-worth clients and institutional investors.

Barclays traces its origins to banking businesses in the United Kingdom with a long history as one of the country’s established banks. Over time it has expanded beyond the UK and operates internationally, with significant operations and client relationships across Europe and the United States, as well as a presence in other global markets through its corporate and investment banking activities and international client services.

The company is active in digital banking and payment innovations, investing in technology and platforms to support online and mobile banking, card processing and merchant services. Barclays' shares and American depositary receipts are traded publicly, and the firm is subject to banking regulation in the jurisdictions where it operates. For investors and customers, Barclays is widely regarded as a diversified financial services group with a broad product set and global footprint.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $23.84 to $24.08
• 50-Day Range: $20.06 to $25.64
• 52-Week Range: $16.19 to $27.70
• Volume: 497,192 shs
• Average Volume: 7.45 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $82.37 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.95
• Dividend Yield: 2.43%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Barclays Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Barclays scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 87th out of 879 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Barclays has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Barclays has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 20.36%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Barclays are expected to grow by 20.36% in the coming year, from $2.75 to $3.31 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Barclays is 10.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.48.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Barclays is 10.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 23.17.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Barclays has a PEG Ratio of 0.42. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Barclays has a P/B Ratio of 0.80. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.07% of the float of Barclays has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Barclays has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.29, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Barclays has recently decreased by 54.94%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Barclays pays a meaningful dividend of 2.53%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Barclays does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Barclays is 24.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Barclays will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.52% next year. This indicates that Barclays will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.33

News Sentiment

Barclays has a news sentiment score of 0.33. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Barclays this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

11 people have searched for BCS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 450% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added Barclays to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 80% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Barclays insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.02% of the stock of Barclays is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

3.39% of the stock of Barclays is held by institutions.

BCS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BCS shares performed this year?

Barclays' stock was trading at $25.44 at the start of the year. Since then, BCS shares have decreased by 5.6% and is now trading at $24.0050.

How were Barclays' earnings last quarter?

Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.76 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $5.07 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.88 billion. Barclays had a net margin of 21.10% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.12%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Barclays have any subsidiaries?

Barclays subsidiaries include First Assurance, Oakes Millers Ltd, Analog Analytics, Standard Life Aberdeen, Expobank, Walbrook Group Ltd, Nile Bank, and others.

Who are Barclays' major shareholders?

Barclays' top institutional shareholders include Teachers Retirement System of The State of Kentucky (0.05%), Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.03%), Main Street Research LLC (0.02%) and Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd (0.02%).
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Barclays?

Shares of BCS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Barclays own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Barclays investors own include Waste Connections (WCN), The RMR Group (RMR), iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), American Water Works (AWK), AUO (AUOTY) and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 2/20/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 2/20/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/27/2026
• Today: 5/07/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: BANKS - FOREIGN
• Sub-Industry: Banking
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BCS
• CIK: 312069
• Web: www.home.barclays
• Phone: 442071161000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 94,700
• Year Founded: 1690

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.73
• P/E Growth: 0.42
• Net Income: $9.46 billion
• Net Margins: 21.10%
• Pretax Margin: 31.30%
• Return on Equity: 8.12%
• Return on Assets: 0.39%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 5.94
• Current Ratio: 1.44
• Quick Ratio: 1.44

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $38.42 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.15
• Cash Flow: $3.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.55
• Book Value: $30.13 per share
• Price / Book: 0.80

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,448,570,000
• Free Float: 3,447,876,000
• Market Cap: $82.78 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.01