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BARC Barclays

293.25
-14.50 (-4.71%)
13 Feb 2025 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Barclays LSE:BARC London Ordinary Share GB0031348658 ORD 25P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -14.50 -4.71% 293.25 93,135,772 16:35:04
Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price
291.85 292.00 299.35 287.85 295.60
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Commercial Banks, Nec 25.38B 5.26B 0.3647 8.00 44.38B
Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
17:31:31 O 250 291.70 GBX

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Posted at 13/2/2025 08:20 by Barclays Daily Update
Barclays is listed in the Commercial Banks, Nec sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker BARC. The last closing price for Barclays was 307.75p.
Barclays currently has 14,419,599,565 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of Barclays is £42,083,601,330.
Barclays has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 8.00.
This morning BARC shares opened at 295.60p
Posted at 13/2/2025 16:16 by johnwise
Barclays endures harsh reaction to results, analysts highlight value

Barclays PLC (LSE:BARC) full-year results were broadly in line with expectations and were accompanied by promises of further generous cash returns, so a share price fall of 6% at one point in the morning seemed harsh.


Shore Capital maintained its 'buy' rating, stating: "We see further upside potential in the shares based on continued delivery in line with management guidance" and indicating that it expects to raise its fair value on the shares to at least 360p from 345p.

Mould said Barclays' run-rate cash return of some 8% a year beats inflation and "compares nicely to the returns available from cash or UK government gilts".
Posted at 13/2/2025 11:49 by johnwise
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‘Temporary share price glitch’ sends Barclays shares lower


Shares in Barclays slumped on Thursday morning after the bank posted its annual results.

The Big Four bank reported a £8.1bn pre-tax profit, up 24 per cent from 2024, surpassing analyst expectations of £8.07bn.

However, its stock dropped five per cent, as low as 290.34p after the market opened.

Still, despite the drop, Peel Hunt reiterated its Buy rating for the lender, adding the fourth quarter “was a further positive period for Barclays”.

The investment bank said: “All guidance for 2026 is unchanged, and new guidance for 2025 appears broadly consistent with consensus, which in our view is unlikely to move.”

It intends to “refresh” estimates and the 321p target price for the lender shortly.
Posted at 10/2/2025 10:10 by johnwise
Weekly equities outlook: Barclays, NatWest and BP

Barclays Q4 & FY earnings preview

Barclays will report full-year results on Thursday ahead of the market open. It is the first of the UK lenders to report, so results will be watched carefully. Expectations are for a rise in pre-tax profits to £8.1 billion for FY2024, up from £6.6 billion in 2023. Thanks to its strong capital position, investors will be watching for a possible £1.8 billion share buyback.

Barclays results will be driven by its investment banking arm, loan and deposit growth as well as net interest margins, which have risen across the year. While deposits dipped slightly in Q3 the bank is expected to see solid loan growth. Interest rate expectations for 2025 will also be crucial in relating to any guidance net interest income.

Barclays also has strong exposure to investment banking, and given the upbeat results from US rivals, this could help boost Barclays.

How to trade BARC earnings?

Barclays has broken out of its multi-month ridding channel, reaching 307. Buyers are supported by the RSI, while it remains out of overbought territory.

Buyers will look to rise towards 325. Immediate support can be seen at 297 the upper band of the rising channel. Below here, 285, the February low comes into play, and 280, the 50 SMA, and the mid-point of the rising channel.
Posted at 09/2/2025 17:04 by bernie37
Price Forecast and Future Outlook

The overall sentiment for Barclays’ stock is moderately positive according to market analysis, analyst predictions, and technical indicators.

Short-term Forecast (6-12 months): Analysts foresee a possible rise, with them setting price targets from £2.10 to £3.30. If the consensus is correct, the median target will be set at £2.61, which is a 19.7% upside from now.

Medium-term Forecast (1-3 years): The projections for the medium term are a bit more divergent. The bulls think the share price will be in the range of £3.50-£4.00, driven mainly by increased profitability and possible market share gains. The already developed insights from the opposition side, on the other hand, are convinced that economic I’m-pacts might calm the upward movement around £2.50-£2.80.

Long-term Forecast (3-5 years): Though long-term forecasting is more of guessing, generally, the outlook is a good one. The optimistic scenario is to see Barclays’ shares rising to as much as £5, in a favorable environment and company’s successful digital transformation. However, we have a bearish perspective that the share price will be in the range of £3-£3.5, as there will be economic cycles and competition intensifying.
Posted at 29/1/2025 17:15 by bernie37
Barclays’ (BARC.L) share price is trading near its 12-month high of £2.98, which was reached on 21 January.

This does not mean the stock has no value left though. It could be that the bank is just fundamentally worth more than before.

Or the market could simply be catching up to its true value. Indeed, it may be that this true value is still not fully reflected in the current share price.

To find out which is applicable to Barclays, I ran a deep dive analysis into its price and the issues surrounding it.

Share price valuation

The UK ‘Big Four’ bank currently trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 10. This is top of its peer group, which averages 7.9. These competitors comprise NatWest (NWG.L) at 7.5, Standard Chartered (STAN.L) at 7.8, HSBC (HSBA.L) at 7.9, and Lloyds (LLOY.L) at 8.4.

So, it looks overvalued on this basis.

However, on the price-to-book ratio Barclays presently trades at 0.6. Its competitor group average is 0.8, so it is undervalued on this measure.

It is also undervalued on the price-to-sales ratio, trading at 1.8 against a 2.3 peer group average.

To get to the bottom of the pricing, I ran a discounted cash flow analysis. In Barclays’ case, this modelling shows its shares are 26% undervalued at their current £2.89 price. Therefore, the fair value of the stock is technically £3.91.

They may trade lower or higher than that based on varying market forces, of course. However, it confirms to me that the shares may be a bargain right now.

Core business outlook

A risk for Barclays is the recent decline in UK interest rates and the possibility of additional falls to come. This might further affect its net interest income (NII) – the difference between the interest made on loans and deposits.

However, in its Q3 2024 results it upgraded its full-year 2024 NII target to above £11bn from around £11bn. For Barclays UK, the NII forecast is now around £6.5bn, from around £6.3bn.

These upgrades have resulted partly from a shift towards fee-based – rather than interest-based – business. And it has also followed an ongoing hedging programme. This aims to offset the effects of interest rate reductions through various financial instruments. Indeed, to the end 2026, Barclays targets total income of around £30bn.

Analysts forecast its earnings will increase by 10.86% each year to the end of 2027. And it is ultimately these that power a firm’s share price and dividend higher.

Another boost may come from the Bank of England’s current efforts to persuade the government to reduce banks’ regulatory requirements to help boost economic growth.

Will I buy the shares?

I already have holdings in HSBC and NatWest, bought a considerable while ago. So, adding another banking stock to my portfolio would negatively skew its risk-reward balance, I think.

However, if I had a larger portfolio or did not have two banking stocks in mine, I would buy Barclays’ shares today.

Central to my view is its strong earnings growth forecasts in the coming years. These should push the share price much closer to fair value, in my view. It should also prompt a rise in its dividend yield, I think.
Posted at 24/12/2024 14:35 by bernie37
NEW YORK - NEW YORK - JUNE 6 : General view of the Barclays Headquarters on June 6, 2023 in New York City. Barclays bank has started the sales process for a portfolio of loans to individuals, also including non-performing mortgages and high risk loans in Swiss francs. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/VIEWpress/Getty Images) (VIEW press via Getty Images)More
Barclays (BARC.L)

Another bank on the list is Barclays, with a total return of 79% this year and shares trading at their highest point since 2015.

Shares soared in October after the bank reported a 23% increase in attributable profits — which are owed to shareholders — to nearly £1.6bn in the third quarter. This beat consensus forecasts of nearly £1.3bn, according to figures provided by the bank.

In addition, the bank announced a share buyback of up to £750m and a half-year dividend of 2.9p per share.

Read more: What are share buybacks?

Deutsche Bank (DBK.DE) recently highlighted Barclays as one of its top stock picks in the European banking sector going into 2025. Analysts said sizeable revenues outside of its net interest income including from asset and wealth management, as well as investment banking.

In its third quarter results, Barclays said that total income across the business was up 5% year-on-year to £6.5bn, with the most growth seen in its investment banking division, where income had increased 6% to nearly £2.9bn.

Deutsche Bank's analysts highlighted Barclays as a bank benefitting from merger and acquisitions activity in the sector, alluding to its recently completed purchase of Tesco's (TSCO.L) retail banking business.
Posted at 17/12/2024 15:51 by bernie37
Barclays has lost a legal battle linked to the growing car finance mis-selling scandal, in a fresh setback for banks facing billions of pounds in compensation claims.

A judge on Tuesday dismissed the bank’s appeal against a ruling that it failed to treat a customer fairly when she bought a used car. The case revolved around the use of a broker to arrange a loan to buy the car.

The Financial Ombudsman Service had originally ruled against Barclays, saying the customer buying the car could have ended up paying a higher interest rate because of an undisclosed commission arrangement with a broker.

Barclays had sought to challenge that ruling. However, a judge dismissed Barclays’ appeal on Tuesday, saying that the Financial Ombudsman Service was entitled to take the decision that it did.

“The customer’s borrowing costs are increased by the broker’s choice of an elevated interest rate. That is so whether or not, in the self-serving view of the lender and the broker, she is more than compensated for that by other features of the transaction,” Judge Timothy Kerr said in the ruling.

The case was considered by lawyers to be a potential template for how to resolve complaints in a growing mis-selling crisis that is being compared to the PPI scandal. Those on the side of the banks had hoped the appeal would be granted.

Shares in Barclays fell as much as 2pc after the judge dismissed its claim on Tuesday, while other banks across the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 also suffered share price slumps.

Lenders braced to pay out £38bn

The latest ruling follows a string of setbacks for lenders in the growing car finance mis-selling scandal. Courts have ruled that lenders cannot make payments to brokers who arrange car finance loans unless they are clearly disclosed to buyers.

The ruling overturned a longstanding practice in motor finance and ran counter to guidance from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

A Court of Appeal judgment last month ruled that any hidden commissions paid to car salesmen by banks for arranging car financing loans were illegal. A Supreme Court appeal in that case is due to be heard next year. Lenders are braced to pay out as much as £38bn in claims should judges rule against them.

In the Barclays case, the Financial Ombudsman Service broke rank with the FCA to rule that consumers could claim compensation for the historical mis-selling of car finance loans.

Following the move, the FCA launched an investigation with a view to establishing a compensation scheme. However, the Supreme Court case means the results are unlikely until mid-2025, leaving companies in limbo.

Bank share prices have tumbled in the wake of the crisis and Charlie Nunn, the chief executive of Lloyds Bank, said earlier this month that the fallout was damaging Britain’s economy.

He said: “Investors are looking at this and saying this principle of the courts coming up with decisions independently from the regulation – which is then having a significant retrospective look back – is bleeding across the whole economy.”

A Barclays spokesman said: “As we have previously stated, this challenge related to a single, specific case on which we disagreed with the Financial Ombudsman Service’s decision. We are disappointed in the Court’s ruling and will be appealing.”
Posted at 29/11/2024 10:06 by johnwise
UK judgement bars passive investors seeking compensation from Barclays


A landmark judgement barring passive investors seeking compensation from a publicly-quoted company has been upheld in the UK’s High Court.

Norwegian public-sector pension fund KLP and Swedish pensions and insurance group Folksam are among the claimants fighting British bank Barclays for compensation.

In October a judge struck out claims by passive investors but let other claimants proceed. Yesterday’s appeal against the strike-out was rejected.

The claims relate to wrongdoing dating back more than 10 years by a US division of Barclays for manipulating ‘dark pool’ trading systems. In 2016 Barclays paid hefty fines to both the New York Attorney General and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the violations. The current case in London was initiated after the conclusion of those investigations.

More than 200 investors are seeking compensation for allegedly misleading statements in Barclays’ official publications, including successive annual reports.

There are three categories of claimants but it is the passive investors or index trackers that have been forced to appeal. In justifying its position to the court, KLP, for example, had been clear that it relied on the movements in the share price of Barclays alone.

The judge rejected this argument, known legally as Price/Market Relliance, while giving the other categories of claimants permission to proceed on the basis that they or their advisers had read or heard the misleading statements or publications by Barclays.
Posted at 24/10/2024 10:10 by martinmc123
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Barclays posted a Q3 profit beat this morning sending the share price up to new highs for the year. Group profit before tax was up 18% to £2.2bn, Group income of £6.5bn was up 5% year-on-year, with Group NII excluding IB and Head Office of £2.8bn, of which Barclays UK NII was £1.7bn. The business remains focused on disciplined execution of its three year plan and today raised guidance for 2024 Group Net Interest Income (NII) excluding Investment Bank (IB) and Head Office from c.£11.0bn to greater than £11.0bn. The share price liked the news


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Posted at 08/10/2024 10:49 by johnwise
Barclays’ newest MD might be the most important of them all


Barclays, with its ambitious investment bank targets, is a good example: the bank picked up Liz Padley as a managing director (MD) and head of capital and leverage management in London earlier this month.

Padley spent seven years at Lloyds before joining Barclays, and was most recently an MD in Lloyd’s capital and term funding’s team. She was the UK bank's head of capital and recovery and resolution before that.

Padley’s capital management role is crucial for Barclays’ corporate and investment bank (CIB). Barclays wants to reduce the share of risk-weighted assets that the CIB employs. The CIB's RAW share was 63% in 2023; Barclays wants to get that number to around 50% by 2026, with the excess going to higher-returning corporate, consumer, and private banking units.

Barclay’s overreliance on debt capital markets (DCM) will also be part of that change. The bank’s investment banking deep dive from last week showed that 54% of investment banking revenue came from DCM in H1 on average between 2019 and 2024; the equivalent figure at the Top 5 US banks was just 38%. The bank is already on track to change that, moving up the league tables for this year for both M&A and ECM performance
Barclays share price data is direct from the London Stock Exchange

Barclays Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the current Barclays share price?
The current share price of Barclays is 293.25p
How many Barclays shares are in issue?
Barclays has 14,419,599,565 shares in issue
What is the market cap of Barclays?
The market capitalisation of Barclays is GBP 44.38B
What is the 1 year trading range for Barclays share price?
Barclays has traded in the range of 139.54p to 312.35p during the past year
What is the PE ratio of Barclays?
The price to earnings ratio of Barclays is 8
What is the cash to sales ratio of Barclays?
The cash to sales ratio of Barclays is 1.66
What is the reporting currency for Barclays?
Barclays reports financial results in GBP
What is the latest annual turnover for Barclays?
The latest annual turnover of Barclays is GBP 25.38B
What is the latest annual profit for Barclays?
The latest annual profit of Barclays is GBP 5.26B
What is the registered address of Barclays?
The registered address for Barclays is 1 CHURCHILL PLACE, LONDON, E14 5HP
What is the Barclays website address?
The website address for Barclays is group.barclays.com
Which industry sector does Barclays operate in?
Barclays operates in the COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC sector

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