LON:BARC - Barclays Share Price, Forecast & News

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

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

14 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Barclays' stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 185 to GBX 252. On average, they expect Barclays' stock price to reach GBX 215 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.0% 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 very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Barclays earned a daily sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. 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), Prudential (PRU) and Micron Technology (MU).

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 177.70.

Barclays has a market capitalization of £30.79 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.