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Barclays (BARC) Competitors

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GBX 329.70 -7.60 (-2.25%)
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BARC vs. BNC, LLOY, NWG, RKT, COB, BUR, BCG, TRST, BOY, and DFS

Should you be buying Barclays stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Barclays include Banco Santander (BNC), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), NatWest Group (NWG), Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT), Cobham (COB), Burford Capital (BUR), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), and DFS Furniture (DFS). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Barclays vs. Its Competitors

Banco Santander (LON:BNC) and Barclays (LON:BARC) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and valuation.

32.0% of Banco Santander shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.1% of Barclays shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Banco Santander shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Barclays shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Banco Santander has higher revenue and earnings than Barclays. Banco Santander is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barclays, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander£70.85B1.55£14.20B£63.819.37
Barclays£24.93B1.90£4.87B£34.039.69

In the previous week, Barclays had 22 more articles in the media than Banco Santander. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Barclays and 0 mentions for Banco Santander. Banco Santander's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Barclays' score of -0.17 indicating that Banco Santander is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander Neutral
Barclays Neutral

Banco Santander pays an annual dividend of GBX 17 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Barclays pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Banco Santander pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Barclays pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Banco Santander has a net margin of 20.05% compared to Barclays' net margin of 19.54%. Banco Santander's return on equity of 12.99% beat Barclays' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Banco Santander20.05% 12.99% 0.73%
Barclays 19.54%6.97%0.32%

Barclays has a consensus target price of GBX 370, indicating a potential upside of 12.22%. Given Barclays' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Barclays is more favorable than Banco Santander.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Banco Santander
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Barclays
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Banco Santander has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barclays has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Barclays beats Banco Santander on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BARC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BARC vs. The Competition

MetricBarclaysBanks IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£47.34B£105.76B£6.44B£2.94B
Dividend Yield0.03%3.77%4.17%5.02%
P/E Ratio9.6914.4013.57139.16
Price / Sales1.9080.561,774.37227,341.28
Price / Cash0.030.1748.9127.99
Price / Book0.671.221.414.62
Net Income£4.87B£9.45B£1.25B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.14%2.20%1.39%0.64%
1 Month Performance0.67%4.79%3.61%4.85%
1 Year Performance54.64%35.79%15.77%32.05%

Barclays Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BARC
Barclays
2.9494 of 5 stars
GBX 329.70
-2.3%
GBX 370
+12.2%
+61.5%£47.34B£24.93B9.6987,400
BNC
Banco Santander
N/AGBX 582
-0.9%
N/A+64.7%£106.83B£70.85B9.12206,500
LLOY
Lloyds Banking Group
1.2434 of 5 stars
GBX 74.88
-0.9%
GBX 64.25
-14.2%
+40.1%£45.40B£28.75B9.4759,400
NWG
NatWest Group
3.0943 of 5 stars
GBX 494.30
-2.4%
GBX 526.67
+6.5%
+64.0%£39.57B£24.36B8.8861,000
RKT
Reckitt Benckiser Group
0.5676 of 5 stars
GBX 5,057.14
-1.3%
GBX 4,788.50
-5.3%
+15.7%£34.50B£13.78B23.1426,000
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BUR
Burford Capital
2.9751 of 5 stars
GBX 813
-0.7%
GBX 1,600
+96.8%
-16.3%£2.24B£299.55M14.54140News Coverage
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
N/AGBX 362
-0.6%
GBX 297
-18.0%
+55.4%£2.08B£92.71M54.26130
TRST
Trustpilot Group
0.6893 of 5 stars
GBX 228.80
-1.0%
GBX 290
+26.7%
+12.7%£1.20B£222.55M75.84820Gap Down
BOY
Bodycote
N/AGBX 561.50
-0.3%
GBX 812.50
+44.7%
-14.3%£1.01B£739.54M16.904,833Gap Down
DFS
DFS Furniture
2.2627 of 5 stars
GBX 167
+0.6%
GBX 185
+10.8%
+52.3%£384.84M£964.48M-89.4220,200Analyst Forecast
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This page (LON:BARC) was last updated on 7/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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