Standard Chartered (SCBFY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Standard Chartered PLC is an international banking group headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The company provides banking and financial services to individuals, businesses, institutions and governments, with a primary focus on markets across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, as well as operations in the United Kingdom and other global financial centers.

The group’s businesses include corporate and institutional banking, commercial banking, wealth management, private banking and retail banking. Its products and services include lending, deposits, trade finance, transaction banking, foreign exchange, capital markets, investment banking, investment management and financial advice. Standard Chartered also provides digital banking services and supports clients engaged in cross-border commerce and investment.

Standard Chartered traces its history to the 1853 founding of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. The modern group was formed in 1969 through the merger of Chartered Bank and Standard Bank, which was established in 1862. Bill Winters has served as the company’s group chief executive since 2015, and José Viñals has served as group chairman since 2016.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $56.03 to $57.71
• 50-Day Range: $55.78 to $62.80
• 52-Week Range: $37.32 to $63.15
• Volume: 91,126 shs
• Average Volume: 106,902 shs
• Market Capitalization: $61.01 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.16%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Sell

Standard Chartered Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Standard Chartered scored higher than 41% 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: 0.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Sell

Consensus Rating

Standard Chartered has received a consensus rating of Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Standard Chartered has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 15.54%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Standard Chartered are expected to grow by 15.54% in the coming year, from $5.02 to $5.80 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Standard Chartered has a PEG Ratio of 1.37. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% 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 0.37, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Standard Chartered has recently decreased by 34.91%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Standard Chartered pays a meaningful dividend of 1.16%, 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 Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Standard Chartered will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.21% next year. This indicates that Standard Chartered will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.51

News Sentiment

Standard Chartered has a news sentiment score of -0.51. 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 2 news articles for Standard Chartered this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

4 people have searched for SCBFY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added Standard Chartered to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

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

• Today: 10/18/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Banks
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:SCBFY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.sc.com
• Phone: 44-20-7885-8888
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 80,695
• Year Founded: 1853

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.18
• P/E Growth: 1.37
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

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

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,087,492,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $61.01 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A