Barclays Analyst Recommendations & Stock Picks (NYSE:BCS)

Barclays' highest-rated analysts by MarketBeat's accuracy score include David Anderson, Christine Cho and Eddie Kim. Rankings are based on historical rating accuracy and price target precision over the past 12 months. MarketBeat tracks 106 analysts at Barclays.

Barclays has the deepest coverage in Healthcare (14.7% of rated companies), Industrials (14.2% of rated companies), Finance (13.8% of rated companies), Consumer Discretionary (13.2% of rated companies) and Technology (11.9% of rated companies).

Barclays issued 5,509 ratings over the last 12 months across 1,461 companies — an average of roughly 459 rating actions per month. These include boost price target, downgrade, initiated coverage, lower price target, reiterated rating, set price target and upgrade. MarketBeat tracks every rating change as it's published so you can see the most current Barclays analyst actions.

A buy rating indicates the analyst expects the stock to outperform the market over the next 12 months. A hold suggests the stock will perform in line with the market. A sell rating indicates expected underperformance. Barclays uses Overweight, Equal Weight, and Underweight as their equivalents.