Nomura Holdings Inc. Invests $664,000 in Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS)

Nomura Holdings Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 50,000 shares of the financial services provider's stock, valued at approximately $664,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Focus Partners Wealth raised its holdings in shares of Barclays by 56.9% in the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 345,089 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $4,590,000 after buying an additional 125,131 shares during the last quarter. Ellevest Inc. bought a new position in shares of Barclays in the fourth quarter valued at about $294,000. Ethic Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Barclays by 33.9% in the fourth quarter. Ethic Inc. now owns 163,997 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $2,180,000 after buying an additional 41,501 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG bought a new position in shares of Barclays in the fourth quarter valued at about $50,189,000. Finally, Duquesne Family Office LLC raised its holdings in shares of Barclays by 58.7% in the fourth quarter. Duquesne Family Office LLC now owns 3,186,855 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $42,353,000 after buying an additional 1,179,100 shares during the last quarter. 3.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently issued reports on BCS. BNP Paribas raised Barclays from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Wall Street Zen cut Barclays from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th.

Barclays Trading Up 0.2%

NYSE:BCS traded up $0.04 on Friday, hitting $17.68. 14,514,871 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 14,678,052. The stock has a market capitalization of $63.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.61, a P/E/G ratio of 0.39 and a beta of 1.10. Barclays PLC has a 52 week low of $10.17 and a 52 week high of $17.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.33, a quick ratio of 1.29 and a current ratio of 1.29. The company's 50-day moving average price is $15.61 and its 200 day moving average price is $14.65.

Barclays (NYSE:BCS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $10.32 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.37 billion. Barclays had a return on equity of 7.74% and a net margin of 20.81%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Barclays PLC will post 2 earnings per share for the current year.

Barclays Company Profile

Barclays PLC provides various financial services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The company operates through Barclays UK and Barclays International division segments. It offers financial services, such as retail banking, credit cards, wholesale banking, investment banking, wealth management, and investment management services.