Barclays Analyst Recommendations & Stock Picks (NYSE:BCS)

Barclays' highest-rated analysts by MarketBeat's accuracy score include Theresa Chen, David Anderson and Christine Cho. Rankings are based on historical rating accuracy and price target precision over the past 12 months. MarketBeat tracks 107 analysts at Barclays.

Barclays has the deepest coverage in Industrials (14.9% of rated companies), Healthcare (14.7% of rated companies), Finance (13.5% of rated companies), Consumer Discretionary (12.9% of rated companies) and Technology (11.5% of rated companies).

Barclays issued 5,645 ratings over the last 12 months across 1,506 companies — an average of roughly 470 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.