Calamos Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) by 36.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 170,341 shares of the financial services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 45,656 shares during the period. Calamos Wealth Management LLC's holdings in Barclays were worth $4,335,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Mather Group LLC. acquired a new stake in shares of Barclays during the third quarter worth $30,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC raised its holdings in shares of Barclays by 2,673.6% during the third quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 1,470 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 1,417 shares during the period. True Wealth Design LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Barclays during the third quarter worth $31,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Barclays in the 4th quarter worth about $39,000. Finally, First Horizon Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Barclays in the 3rd quarter worth about $40,000. 3.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
BCS has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Zacks Research cut shares of Barclays from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, March 19th. Citigroup reaffirmed a "neutral" rating on shares of Barclays in a report on Thursday. BNP Paribas Exane cut shares of Barclays from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Barclays from a "buy (b)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Erste Group Bank reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Barclays in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Barclays presently has an average rating of "Hold".
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Barclays Stock Up 0.7%
Barclays stock opened at $22.94 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $79.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.02, a PEG ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.45. The company's 50-day moving average price is $22.83 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $23.35. Barclays PLC has a 52 week low of $15.52 and a 52 week high of $27.70.
Barclays (NYSE:BCS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The financial services provider reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $9.53 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.23 billion. Barclays had a net margin of 21.91% and a return on equity of 8.33%. On average, analysts expect that Barclays PLC will post 2.72 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Barclays Announces Dividend
The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 20th were paid a dividend of $0.3069 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 20th. This represents a yield of 236.0%. Barclays's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.33%.
Barclays Company Profile
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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.
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