LON:BARC - Barclays Share Price, Forecast & News

Barclays trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "BARC."

Barclays announced a dividend on Thursday, February 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 27th will be given a dividend of GBX 6 per share on Friday, April 3rd. This represents a yield of 3.35%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. This is a boost from Barclays's previous dividend of $3.00. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Barclays' Dividend History.

14 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Barclays' shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 185 to GBX 252. On average, they anticipate Barclays' share price to reach GBX 215.91 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Barclays.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barclays in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Barclays.

News coverage about BARC stock has trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Barclays earned a news impact score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Barclays.

Some companies that are related to Barclays include HSBC (HSBA), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), National Australia Bank (NAB), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), National Bank of Canada (NA), Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN), Bank of Queensland (BOQ), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB), Manx Financial Group (MFX), Atlas Mara (ATMA) and Banca Carige (CRG).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Barclays investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Endologix (ELGX), Barclays (BCS), Apache (APA), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Glencore (GLEN), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Centrica (CNA), Micron Technology (MU) and Prudential (PRU).

Shares of BARC and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of BARC stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 179.62.

Barclays has a market capitalization of £31.12 billion and generates £19.37 billion in revenue each year. Barclays employs 83,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Barclays.

The official website for Barclays is http://www.home.barclays/.

Barclays' mailing address is 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, LONDON, E14 5HP, United Kingdom. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at +44-20-31340952.