In the latest trading session, 2.69 million Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.40. With the company’s most recent per share price at $13.86 changing hands around $0.83 or 6.41% at last look, the market valuation stands at $49.92B. BCS’s last price was a premium, traded about 0.22% off its 52-week high of $13.83. The share price had its 52-week low at $7.07, which suggests the last value was 48.99% up since then. When we look at Barclays plc ADR’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 14.35 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 11.76 million.
Analysts gave the Barclays plc ADR (BCS) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.61. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 5 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 0 recommended BCS as a Hold, 5 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Barclays plc ADR’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.19.
Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS) trade information
Instantly BCS is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action 4.64%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 4.33%, with the 5-day performance at 4.64% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS) is 2.25% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 11.46 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 0.91 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 29, meaning bulls need an upside of 52.21% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, BCS’s forecast low is 29 with 29 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -109.24% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -109.24% for it to hit the projected low.
Barclays plc ADR (BCS) estimates and forecasts
Data shows that the Barclays plc ADR share is performing relatively much better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot 16.51% over the past 6 months, a 10.87% in annual growth rate that is considerably higher than the industry average of 6.50%. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 3.17% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 2 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 6.31B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 5.6B. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 12.72%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 22.49%. The 2025 estimates are for Barclays plc ADR earnings to increase by 28.60%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 19.12% per year.
BCS Dividends
Barclays plc ADR is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in February. The 3.04% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.42. It is important to note, however, that the 3.04% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 2.97 per year.
Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS)’s Major holders
The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 5.56%. There are 5.56% institutions holding the Barclays plc ADR stock share, with ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 0.2001% of the shares, roughly 29.98 million BCS shares worth $321.09 million.
ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 0.1314% or 19.68 million shares worth $210.76 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Oct 31, 2024 were DFA International Value Series and Dimensional ETF Tr-Dimensional International Value ETF. With 3.59 shares estimated at $49.65 million under it, the former controlled 0.10% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Dimensional ETF Tr-Dimensional International Value ETF held about 0.09% of the shares, roughly 3.2 shares worth around $44.3 million.
