Barclays (BCS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Barclays PLC is a diversified financial services company headquartered in London, England. Through its banking and financial services businesses, the company serves individuals, businesses, institutions and governments in the United Kingdom, the United States and other international markets.

Its principal activities include consumer and business banking, current and savings accounts, mortgages, personal loans, credit cards and payment services. Barclays also provides private banking and wealth management services, including investment management, financial planning and lending for high-net-worth clients.

Through its corporate and investment banking operations, Barclays offers corporate lending, transaction banking, financial advice, securities underwriting, sales and trading, research and capital-markets services. The bank works with companies, financial institutions, governments and institutional investors across major global financial markets.

Barclays traces its origins to a banking business established in London in 1690 by John Freame and Thomas Gould. The Barclays name was adopted in the 18th century, and the organization has since developed into an international banking group with a long-standing presence in the UK and a significant global investment banking and financial services operation.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $22.73 to $23.30
• 50-Day Range: $22.72 to $28.15
• 52-Week Range: $19.29 to $28.68
• Volume: 5.30 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.59 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $76.28 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.51
• Dividend Yield: 2.67%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Barclays Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Barclays scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 144th out of 855 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Barclays has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Barclays has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 19.42%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Barclays are expected to grow by 19.42% in the coming year, from $2.78 to $3.32 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Barclays is 8.51, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.31.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Barclays is 8.51, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.66.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Barclays has a PEG Ratio of 0.49. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Barclays has a P/B Ratio of 0.77. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.60% of the float of Barclays has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Barclays has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Barclays has recently decreased by 17.35%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Barclays pays a meaningful dividend of 2.68%, 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 22.76%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Barclays will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.37% next year. This indicates that Barclays will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.12

News Sentiment

Barclays has a news sentiment score of 0.12. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Barclays this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

5 people have searched for BCS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Barclays to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Barclays insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.02% of the stock of Barclays is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

3.39% of the stock of Barclays is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/27/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 8/07/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 8/07/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Today: 10/18/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BCS
• CIK: 312069
• Web: www.home.barclays
• Phone: 442071161000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 93,000
• Year Founded: 1690

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.68
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.51
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.21
• P/E Growth: 0.49
• Net Income: $9.46 billion
• Net Margins: 22.27%
• Pretax Margin: 32.63%
• Return on Equity: 8.80%
• Return on Assets: 0.42%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 5.76
• Current Ratio: 1.46
• Quick Ratio: 1.46

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $38.42 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.99
• Cash Flow: $3.03 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.53
• Book Value: $29.76 per share
• Price / Book: 0.77

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,343,070,000
• Free Float: 3,342,397,000
• Market Cap: $76.28 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.02