Standard Chartered (STAN) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Standard Chartered PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides various banking products and services in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. The company operates in three segments: Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking; Consumer, Private & Business Banking; and Ventures. It offers retail products, such as deposits, mortgages, credit cards, and personal loans; wealth management products and services that include investments, portfolio management, insurance, and wealth advice; and transaction banking services, such as cash management, working capital, and trade financing products. The company provides financial markets products and services that comprise project and export financing; debt capital markets and leveraged financing; financing and securities services; sales and structuring; macro, commodities, and credit trading; and market research services. In addition, it offers digital banking solutions. It serves financial institutions, governments, banks, investors, corporations, small to medium-sized businesses, and individuals. Standard Chartered PLC was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 2,236 to 2,258
• 50-Day Range: 1,791 to 2,248
• 52-Week Range: 1,285 to 2,262
• Volume: 59.06 million shs
• Average Volume: 43.75 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £49.19 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.63
• Dividend Yield: 2.32%
• Price Target: GBX 2,278
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Standard Chartered Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Standard Chartered scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Standard Chartered has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Standard Chartered is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Standard Chartered has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Standard Chartered is 10.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.61.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Standard Chartered is 10.62, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.20.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Standard Chartered has a PEG Ratio of 0.80. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Standard Chartered has a P/B Ratio of 1.37. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for STAN.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Standard Chartered pays a meaningful dividend of 2.32%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Standard Chartered does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Standard Chartered is 29.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.43

News Sentiment

Standard Chartered has a news sentiment score of 0.43. 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 0.81 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Standard Chartered this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £6,663,000 in company stock, which represents 0.0136% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Standard Chartered insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £6,663,000 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.39% of the stock of Standard Chartered is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

52.17% of the stock of Standard Chartered is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Banks
• Current Symbol: LON:STAN
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.sc.com
• Phone: +44-20-78858888
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 84,845
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Standard Chartered: GBX 2,278
• High Price Target: GBX 2,450
• Low Price Target: GBX 2,130
• Potential Upside/Downside: +1.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 211.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.61
• P/E Growth: 0.8
• Net Income: £4.20 billion
• Net Margins: 11.79%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 10.35%
• Return on Assets: 0.41%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 203.88
• Current Ratio: 0.14
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £21.51 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.28
• Cash Flow: £397.35 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.06
• Book Value: GBX 1,642.08 per share
• Price / Book: 1.37

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,189,179,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £49.15 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.60