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Barclays BCS

US equityMarket cap rank #199Banks - DiversifiedStablecoin concept
$24.36
+$0.07 (+0.29%)
Market open · Sep 24, 1:10 pm ET
After hours $24.46 +0.70%
Open$24.34
Prev close$24.29
Day range$24.14 – $24.46
Volume2.32M
Market cap$81.48B
P/E (TTM)9.5
Dividend yield1.85%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

BCS at a glance

BCS last changed hands at $24.36 (up 0.29%). At $81.48B, Barclays is ranked #199 by size among the 300 stocks on BeStock.

Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $18.85 and $28.36, so it sits 14.1% below the top of that range. Holders are ahead 20.3% over twelve months, but down 7.4% across the last three months.

On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($26.93) and 200-day ($24.82) moving averages; RSI is 34, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 22% annualized volatility.

For the quarter ended Jun 2026 it reported £8.34B in revenue, up 16.0% from a year earlier, with £2.52B of net profit (a 22.3% margin).

The stock changes hands at 9.5 times trailing earnings, 31% above its five-year average of 7.3. The median for its industry group is 16.3.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Barclays: the business

Barclays is a U.K. bank with consumer and business banking, credit cards and an investment bank.

What tends to move it. Net interest margin in the U.K., investment banking fees and how the bank meets its return-on-equity goals are the main points.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
+0.3%
1 week
-3.9%
1 month
-9.7%
3 months
-7.4%
6 months
+19.1%
Year to date
-2.1%
1 year
+20.3%
Day range
$24.14$24.46
52-week range
$18.85$28.36

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readStrong downtrend

1 bullish · 5 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-6.6%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average-9.6%Bearish
Price vs 200-day average-1.8%Bearish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)33.7Bearish
MACD (12,26,9)-0.58Bearish
Bollinger band position-4%Neutral

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$24.36 / $24.37
Average price today$24.29
Volume2.32MAvg (90d) 4.52M
Turnover$56.34M
Turnover rate0.07%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.77vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude1.34%
Market cap$81.48B
Float market cap$76.40B
Shares outstanding3.14B
EPS (TTM)$2.24
P/E (TTM)9.52
P/B0.78
Book value / share$31.41
Earnings yield0.08%
Dividend (TTM)$0.45 / shareYield 1.85%
Net profit (TTM)$7.49B
Net assets$105.07B
30-day volatility22.4%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)2.49%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-26.2%-13.7% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How BCS ranks on BeStock

Market value#199 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#12 of 283
Dividend yield#118 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#161 of 300
Dollar volume today#271 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026 · reported in GBP

Revenue£8.34B+16.0% YoY
Net profit£2.52B+30.5% YoY
Diluted EPS£0.67+42.7% YoY

Revenue, last 8 quarters

£6.5BSep '24£6.4BDec '24£7.7BMar '25£7.2BJun '25£7.2BSep '25£7.1BDec '25£8.2BMar '26£8.3BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

£1.8BSep '24£1.2BDec '24£2.1BMar '25£1.9BJun '25£1.7BSep '25£1.5BDec '25£2.2BMar '26£2.5BJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Net margin22.3%
Return on equity8.8%
Return on assets0.4%
Liabilities / assets95.4%
Cash & investments£245.86B
Total debt£137.94B
Net cash (debt)£107.92B
Free cash flow / sales87.9%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q1

By business line

  • Barclays Investment Bank£4.03B 49.3%
  • Barclays UK£2.26B 27.7%
  • Barclays US Consumer Bank£983.00M 12.0%
  • Barclays UK Corporate Bank£530.00M 6.5%
  • Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management£347.00M 4.3%
  • Head office£17.00M 0.2%
Average move on report day±5.6%last 15 reports
Closed higher6 of 1540% of the time
Best reaction+12.0%
Worst reaction-8.8%

Stock move on the day after each report

+5.7%2024/Q3-5.5%2024/Q4-0.4%2025/Q1+3.3%2025/Q2+4.4%2025/Q3-2.1%2025/Q4-0.4%2026/Q1-5.5%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings9.6x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 81st percentile, 5-year average 7.3x

#500 of 2974 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book0.8x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 89th percentile, 5-year average 0.5x

#889 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales2.0x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 87th percentile, 5-year average 1.4x

#2466 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

3x6x9x13xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$27.10
Price vs. fair value-10.1%Trading below the estimate
Star rating★★★☆☆
UncertaintyHigh

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts1
  • Buy 100%

Latest rating actions

  • 28 Jul 2026BofA SecuritiesBUY
  • 5 Mar 2026Erste GroupHOLD

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership93.7%-0.34 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,162-29 vs. prior quarter
Short interest0.14% of floatDays to cover 2.0 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share14.9%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

4%12%20%28%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$25.18M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)1.85%
Last dividend$0.32Ex-date 7 Aug 2026
Next-to-last$0.30
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

0.1520170.2420180.3520190.1720210.3120220.3820230.4220240.452025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 17.0% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • OTS Holdings: General Announcement-Proposed acquisition by BCS Development Pte. Ltd.SGX · 8 Sep 2026
  • Barclays (BCS.US) has appointed Ramin Naji as Head of Healthcare and Real Estate for the Asia-Pacific region.Zhitong Finance · 26 Aug 2026
  • Morgan Stanley reportedly poaches a key executive from Barclays to serve as Vice Chairman of its Technology Investment Banking division.Global Market Briefing · 20 Aug 2026
  • Former Barclays CEO: The Clarity Act is really good for banks, and the largest and most successful banks will benefit from it.Breakings · 2 Aug 2026
  • RBC Trims Price Target on Barclays to GBP5.50 From GBP5.75, Keeps Outperform RatingMT Newswires · 29 Jul 2026
  • Correct: Barclays Group 2Q Net Interest Income GBP3.92BDow Jones · 28 Jul 2026

BCS stock: common questions

Where is BCS trading right now?

$24.36 is the latest print for BCS, a move of +0.29% against yesterday's close of $24.29. Today's low and high so far: $24.14 and $24.46.

What is BCS worth in total?

Equity value comes to $81.48B at the current price. By that measure it is number 199 of the 300 names in our coverage.

Is BCS expensive on earnings?

Buyers pay 9.5 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $2.24). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 7.3, and today's level ranks in the 81st percentile of its own history.

How far is BCS from its yearly high?

The year's floor is $18.85 and the ceiling $28.36. Shares are 14.1% away from that ceiling.

Are there dividends on Barclays shares?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.85% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was August 7, 2026.

How does Barclays make money?

Barclays is a U.K. bank with consumer and business banking, credit cards and an investment bank.

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