LON:RBS - Royal Bank of Scotland Group Share Price, Forecast & News

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 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 26th will be paid a dividend of GBX 8 per share on Monday, May 4th. This represents a dividend yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 26th. The official announcement can be seen at this link. View Royal Bank of Scotland Group's Dividend History.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LON:RBS) released 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 had revenue of $3.06 billion for the quarter. View Royal Bank of Scotland Group's Earnings History.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Royal Bank of Scotland Group's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 200 to GBX 418. On average, they expect Royal Bank of Scotland Group's stock price to reach GBX 264.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Royal Bank of Scotland Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

News stories about RBS stock have been trending very negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

Some companies that are related to Royal Bank of Scotland Group include Westpac Banking (WBC), Banco Santander (BNC), Standard Chartered (STAN), ABN AMRO Group (ABMRF), Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Banco Santander (SAN), JULIUS BAER GRP/ADR (JBAXY), LEDYARD FINL GR/SH (LFGP), Piraeus Bank (NBGIF) 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), Intelsat (I), Bank of America (BAC), Associated British Foods (ABF), HSBC (HSBA), Vodafone Group (VOD), Centamin (CEY) and Chaarat Gold (CGH).

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 209.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group has a market capitalization of £25.28 billion and generates £12.17 billion in revenue each year. Royal Bank of Scotland Group employs 67,400 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

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.