Barclays (BARC) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Barclays PLC provides various financial services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The company operates through Barclays UK and Barclays International division segments. It offers financial services, such as retail banking, credit cards, wholesale banking, investment banking, wealth management, and investment management services. In addition, the company engages in securities dealing activities. The company was formerly known as Barclays Bank Limited and changed its name to Barclays PLC in January 1985. Barclays PLC was founded in 1690 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 503.20 to 514.80
• 50-Day Range: 447.47 to 530.40
• 52-Week Range: 352.85 to 538.30
• Volume: 38.82 million shs
• Average Volume: 50.02 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £67.92 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.43
• Dividend Yield: 2.21%
• Price Target: GBX 575
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Barclays Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Barclays scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Barclays has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Barclays has a consensus price target of GBX 575, representing about 14.2% upside from its current price of GBX 503.60.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Barclays has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Barclays is 10.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.77.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Barclays is 10.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.23.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Barclays has a PEG Ratio of 1.15. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Barclays has a P/B Ratio of 1.03. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BARC.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Barclays pays a meaningful dividend of 2.21%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Barclays does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Barclays is 17.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.10

News Sentiment

Barclays has a news sentiment score of 1.10. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.85 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 32 news articles for Barclays this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

9 people have searched for BARC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 350% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Barclays to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

10 insiders have purchased shares of Barclays in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Barclays insiders have sold 1,659.68% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £136,665.06 in company stock and sold £2,404,873.48 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.35% of the stock of Barclays is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

39.13% of the stock of Barclays is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/28/2026
• Today: 8/18/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Banks
• Current Symbol: LON:BARC
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.barclays.com
• Phone: +44 20 7116 1000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 87,400
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Barclays: GBX 575
• High Price Target: GBX 620
• Low Price Target: GBX 510
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.86
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 48.30
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.43
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.88
• P/E Growth: 1.15
• Net Income: £4.87 billion
• Net Margins: 25.61%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 10.11%
• Return on Assets: 0.32%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 173.81
• Current Ratio: 0.68
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £30.75 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.21
• Cash Flow: £159.37 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.03
• Book Value: GBX 489.02 per share
• Price / Book: 1.03

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 13,486,712,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £67.92 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.88