NYSE:BCSBarclays Stock Price, Forecast & News

Barclays' stock was trading at $5.87 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BCS shares have increased by 6.1% and is now trading at $6.23. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Barclays in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Barclays.

Barclays is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Barclays.

Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.11. The financial services provider earned $6.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.76 billion. Barclays had a return on equity of 5.47% and a net margin of 9.09%. View Barclays' earnings history.

Barclays declared a semi-annual dividend on Tuesday, February 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.3214 per share on Friday, April 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 4.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Barclays' dividend history.

News coverage about BCS stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Barclays earned a news impact score of 1.6 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 effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutBarclays.

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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), Boeing (BA), Bank of America (BAC), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Citigroup (C), Lloyds Banking Group (LYG), AT&T (T) and General Electric (GE).

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 Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.12%), Raymond James & Associates (0.07%), Aperio Group LLC (0.06%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.05%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.04%) and Jane Street Group LLC (0.03%). View institutional ownership trends for Barclays.

BCS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jane Street Group LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Natixis Advisors L.P., Raymond James & Associates, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Morgan Stanley. View insider buying and selling activity for Barclays.

BCS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Aperio Group LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, NorthCoast Asset Management LLC, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Atlas Capital Advisors LLC, and FNY Investment Advisers LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Barclays.

Shares of BCS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of BCS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.23.

Barclays has a market capitalization of $26.99 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 official website for Barclays is www.home.barclays.

Barclays' mailing address is 1 Churchill Place, London X0, E14 5HP. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 44-0-20-7116-3170 or via email at [email protected]