LON:BARCBarclays Share Price, Forecast & News

Barclays' stock was trading at GBX 117.94 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BARC shares have increased by 2.9% and is now trading at GBX 121.32. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barclays in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Barclays.

Barclays is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Barclays.

Barclays announced a dividend on Thursday, February 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 27th will be paid 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 an increase from Barclays's previous dividend of GBX 3. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Barclays' dividend history.

14 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Barclays' shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 108 to GBX 250. On average, they expect Barclays' share price to reach GBX 162.64 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Barclays.

News articles about BARC stock have been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Barclays earned a news impact score of 3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutBarclays.

Some companies that are related to Barclays include HSBC (HSBA), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), National Australia Bank (NAB), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), 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). View all competitors.

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), Glencore (GLEN), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Centrica (CNA), Micron Technology (MU) and Prudential (PRU).

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

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 121.32.

Barclays has a market capitalization of £21.03 billion and generates £20.43 billion in revenue each year. Barclays employs 83,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Barclays is 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.