Standard Chartered (SCBFF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Standard Chartered PLC is an international banking group headquartered in London. It provides services to individuals, businesses, corporations and financial institutions, including personal and business banking, wealth management, corporate and investment banking, trade finance, lending, deposits and transaction services.

The group has a particular focus on markets across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, with operations and clients in other regions as well. Its history dates to 1969, when the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China and the Standard Bank of British South Africa—both founded in the 19th century—merged to form Standard Chartered.

Bill Winters has served as the group's chief executive since 2015, and José Viñals has served as chairman since 2016.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $29.34 to $29.50
• 50-Day Range: $25.72 to $31.40
• 52-Week Range: $19.53 to $31.98
• Volume: 2,805 shs
• Average Volume: 9,547 shs
• Market Capitalization: $66.71 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.53
• Dividend Yield: 1.36%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Standard Chartered Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Standard Chartered scored higher than 51% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Standard Chartered has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.56, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.60%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Standard Chartered are expected to grow by 11.60% in the coming year, from $2.50 to $2.79 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Standard Chartered is 12.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.52.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Standard Chartered is 12.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.35.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Standard Chartered has a P/B Ratio of 1.22. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.08% of the float of Standard Chartered has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Standard Chartered has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 651.72, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Standard Chartered has recently increased by 13.00%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Standard Chartered pays a meaningful dividend of 1.47%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Standard Chartered does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Standard Chartered is 17.09%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Standard Chartered will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.34% next year. This indicates that Standard Chartered will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.20

News Sentiment

Standard Chartered has a news sentiment score of 0.20. 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 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Standard Chartered this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

Standard Chartered has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/28/2026
• Today: 11/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:SCBFF
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:SCBFF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.sc.com
• Phone: 44-20-7885-8888
• Fax: 44-20-7885-9999
• Employees: 81,892
• Year Founded: 1853

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.34
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.53
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.52
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $5.09 billion
• Net Margins: 14.76%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 11.35%
• Return on Assets: 0.66%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.58
• Current Ratio: 0.84
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $39.53 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.69
• Cash Flow: $3.14 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.34
• Book Value: $24.01 per share
• Price / Book: 1.22

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,273,450,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $66.71 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.63