Barclays Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barclays in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Barclays stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BCS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Barclays saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,360,000 shares, a decline of 29.9% from the December 31st total of 6,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,370,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days.
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Barclays is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) announced its earnings results on Friday, October, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.12. The financial services provider earned $6.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.24 billion. Barclays had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.22% and a net margin of 9.05%.
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Barclays' stock was trading at $5.87 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BCS stock has increased by 53.2% and is now trading at $8.99.
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Barclays declared a semi-annual dividend on Friday, February 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 26th will be given a dividend of $0.0555 per share on Thursday, April 1st. This represents a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 25th.
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Barclays pays an annual dividend of $0.05 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.57%. The dividend payout ratio of Barclays is 4.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Barclays will have a dividend payout ratio of 5.00% next year. This indicates that Barclays will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Barclays investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC), Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), Citigroup (C), AT&T (T), Pfizer (PFE), General Electric (GE) and Intel (INTC).

Barclays trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BCS."

Barclays' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.41%), Northern Trust Corp (0.11%), Advisory Research Inc. (0.06%), Causeway Capital Management LLC (0.05%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.05%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.04%).
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BCS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Causeway Capital Management LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Sanders Capital LLC, Credit Suisse AG, Sei Investments Co., Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc., and Cowen Investment Management LLC.
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BCS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisory Research Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, RP Investment Advisors LP, rhino investment partners Inc, Virtu Financial LLC, Morgan Stanley, and Aperio Group LLC.
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One share of BCS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $8.99.

Barclays has a market capitalization of $39.00 billion and generates $27.62 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $4.18 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.25 on an earnings per share basis.

Barclays employs 80,800 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Barclays: Adler Toy Holding Sarl, Aequor Investments Limited, Alymere Investments Limited, Alynore Investments Limited Partnership, Analog Analytics, Analog Analytics Inc, Analytical Trade Holdings LLC, Analytical Trade Investments LLC, Analytical Trade UK Limited, Archstone Equity Holdings Inc, Ardencroft Investments Limited, B D & B Investments Limited, B.P.B. (Holdings) Limited, BB Client Nominees Limited, BBAIL SAS, BCAP LLC, BIFML PTC Limited, BMBF (No.24) Limited, BMI (No.9) Limited, BNC Brazil Consultoria Empresarial Ltda, BNRI ENG 2013 Limited Partnership, BNRI ENG 2014 Limited Partnership, BNRI ENG GP LLP, BNRI England 2010 Limited Partnership, BNRI England 2011 Limited Partnership, BNRI England 2012 Limited Partnership, BNRI Limehouse No.1 Sarl, BNRI PIA Scot GP Limited, BNRI Scots GP LLP, BPB Holdings SA, BVP Galvani Global S.A.U., Barafor Limited, Barclay Leasing Limited, Barclaycard Funding PLC, Barclaycard International Payments Limited, Barclays (Barley) Limited, Barclays Aldersgate Investments Limited, Barclays Alzin Investments S.à r.l., Barclays Asia Limited, Barclays Asset Management Limited, Barclays BR Investments S.à r.l., Barclays BWA Inc., Barclays Bank (Suisse) S.A., Barclays Bank Delaware, Barclays Bank Ireland PLC, Barclays Bank Ireland Public Limited Company, Barclays Bank Mexico S.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Barclays Bank UK PLC, Barclays Bayard Investments S.à r.l., Barclays Bedivere Investments S.à r.l., Barclays Bordang Investments S.à r.l., Barclays Brasil Assessoria Financeira Ltda., Barclays CCP Funding LLC, Barclays Cantal Investments S.à r.l., Barclays Capital (Cayman) Limited, Barclays Capital Asia Holdings Limited, Barclays Capital Asia Limited, Barclays Capital Canada Inc., Barclays Capital Casa de Bolsa S.A. de C.V., Barclays Capital Derivatives Funding LLC, Barclays Capital Effekten GmbH, Barclays Capital Energy Inc., Barclays Capital Equities Trading GP, Barclays Capital Finance Limited, Barclays Capital Futures (Singapore) Private Limited, Barclays Capital Holdings (Singapore) Private Limited, Barclays Capital Holdings Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Barclays Capital Japan Securities Holdings Limited, Barclays Capital Luxembourg S.à r.l., Barclays Capital Mauritius Limited, Barclays Capital Nominees (No.2) Limited, Barclays Capital Nominees (No.3) Limited, Barclays Capital Nominees 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r.l., Barclays Luxembourg GBP Holdings S.à r.l., Barclays Luxembourg Global Funding S.à r.l., Barclays Luxembourg Holdings S.à r.l., Barclays Luxembourg Holdings SSC B, Barclays Marlist Limited, Barclays Mauritius Overseas Holdings Limited, Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Limited, Barclays Merchant Bank (Singapore) Ltd., Barclays Nominees (George Yard) Limited, Barclays Nominees (Guernsey) Limited, Barclays Nominees (Jersey) Limited, Barclays Nominees (Manx) Limited, Barclays Oversight Management Inc., Barclays Payment Solutions Inc., Barclays Pelleas Investments Limited Partnership, Barclays Pelleas Investments S.à r.l., Barclays Pension Funds Trustees Limited, Barclays Principal Investments Limited, Barclays Private Asset Management (Monaco) S.A.M, Barclays Private Bank, Barclays Private Clients International Limited, Barclays Receivables LLC, Barclays SAMS Limited, Barclays Securities (India) Private Limited, Barclays Securities Japan Limited, Barclays Security Trustee Limited, 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L.L.L.P., East West Resort Development VII LLC, Equity Limited Partnership, Equity Value Investments No.1 Limited, Equity Value Investments No.2 Limited, Erimon Home Loans Ireland Limited, Expobank, FIRSTPLUS Financial Group Limited, Finpart Nominees Limited, First Assurance, Foltus Investments Limited, Full House Holdings Limited, Gallen Investments Limited, Global Dynasty Natural Resource Private, Globe Nominees Limited, Gracechurch Services Corporation, Gray’s Station LLC, Grupo Financiero Barclays Mexico S.A. de C.V., Hawkins Funding Limited, Heraldglen Limited, Holding Stuttgarter Straße GmbH, Hurley Investments No.1 Limited, Imalivest Mineral Resources LP, Investors In Infrastructure Limited, J.V. 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Grieg Nominees Limited, RVH Limited, RVT CLO Investments LLP, Razzoli Investments Limited, Real Estate Participation Management Limited, Real Estate Participation Services Limited, Relative Value Holdings LLC, Relative Value Investments UK Limited, Relative Value Trading Limited, Roder Investments No. 1 Limited, Roder Investments No. 2 Limited, Ruthenium Investments Limited, SPM GP Limited, Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC, Servicios Barclays S.A. de C.V., Societe Civile Immobiliere 31 Avenue de la Costa, Solution Personal Finance Limited, Southern Peaks Mining LP, Standard Life Aberdeen, Surety Trust Limited, Surrey Funding Corporation, Sussex Purchasing Corporation, Sutton Funding LLC, Swan Lane Investments Limited, TPLL LLC, TPProperty LLC, Tahoe Club Company LLC, Tahoe Club Employee Company, The Logic Group Enterprises Limited, The Logic Group Holdings Limited, Third Energy Holdings Limited, US Real Estate Holdings No. 2 Limited, US Real Estate Holdings No.1 Limited, US Real Estate Holdings No.3 Limited, US Secured Investments LLC, Union Center LLC, United Counties Bank, Verain Investments LLC, Walbrook Group Ltd, Wedd Jefferson (Nominees) Limited, Wessex Investments Limited, Westferry Investments Limited, Wilmington Riverfront Receivables LLC, Woolwich Homes Limited, Woolwich Plan Managers Limited, Woolwich Qualifying Employee Share, Woolwich Surveying Services Limited, Woori BC Pegasus Securitization Specialty Co. Limited, and Zeban Nominees Limited.

Barclays was founded in 1690.

The official website for Barclays is www.home.barclays.

Barclays is headquartered at 1 Churchill Place, London X0, E14 5HP.

Barclays' mailing address is 1 Churchill Place, London X0, E14 5HP. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 442071161000 or via email at [email protected]