LON:RBS - Royal Bank of Scotland Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Royal Bank of Scotland Group trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "RBS."

Royal Bank of Scotland Group announced a dividend on Friday, February 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 21st will be paid a dividend of GBX 11 per share on Tuesday, April 30th. This represents a yield of 4.55%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 21st. This is a boost from Royal Bank of Scotland Group's previous dividend of $2.00. The official announcement can be accessed at this link. View Royal Bank of Scotland Group's Dividend History.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LON:RBS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $25.20 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $25.80 by $0.60. The financial services provider earned $3.06 billion during the quarter. View Royal Bank of Scotland Group's Earnings History.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Royal Bank of Scotland Group's stock. Their forecasts range from GBX 260 to GBX 395. On average, they anticipate Royal Bank of Scotland Group's share price to reach GBX 309.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Royal Bank of Scotland Group in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

Headlines about RBS stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Royal Bank of Scotland Group earned a media sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage 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 effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Some companies that are related to Royal Bank of Scotland Group include Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Westpac Banking (WBC), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Banco Santander (BNC), National Australia Bank (NABZY), Standard Chartered (STAN), ABN AMRO Group (ABMRF), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Banco Santander (SAN), Greater Hudson Bank (GHDS), JULIUS BAER GRP/ADR (JBAXY), LEDYARD FINL GR/SH (LFGP), MERCERSBURG Fin/SH (MCBG) and SVENSKA HANDELS/ADR (SVNLY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Royal Bank of Scotland Group investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Tesco (TSCO), Vodafone Group (VOD), Bank of America (BAC), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), Enquest (ENQ), HSBC (HSBA), Intelsat (I) and BP (BP).

Shares of RBS 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 RBS stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 269.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group has a market capitalization of £32.39 billion and generates £12.65 billion in revenue each year. Royal Bank of Scotland Group employs 67,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Royal Bank of Scotland Group is http://www.rbs.com/.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group's mailing address is Gogarburn, PO Box 1000, EDINBURGH, EH12 1HQ, United Kingdom. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at +44-131-5568555.