What Is The Performance Outlook For Barclays plc ADR (NYSE: BCS) In The Coming Months?

In the latest trading session, 7.79 million Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.39. With the company’s most recent per share price at $15.74 changing hands around $0.29 or 1.88% at last look, the market valuation stands at $56.59B. BCS’s last price was a premium, traded about 0.57% off its 52-week high of $15.65. The share price had its 52-week low at $8.37, which suggests the last value was 46.82% up since then.

Analysts gave the Barclays plc ADR (BCS) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.79. 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.

Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS) trade information

Instantly BCS is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action 2.41%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 18.44%, with the 5-day performance at 2.41% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS) is 8.85% up.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 29, meaning bulls need an upside of 45.72% 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 -84.24% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -84.24% for it to hit the projected low.

Barclays plc ADR (BCS) estimates and forecasts

Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 5.42% up from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 1 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 7.28B. 1 analysts are of the opinion that Barclays plc ADR’s revenue for the current quarter will be 7.14B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 6.95B and 6.32B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 4.74%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 12.97%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 20.33%. The 2025 estimates are for Barclays plc ADR earnings to increase by 17.17%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 17.06% per year.

BCS Dividends

Barclays plc ADR is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in March. The 2.68% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.42. It is important to note, however, that the 2.68% 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.

Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS)’s Major holders

ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 0.132% 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 $56.72 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 $50.62 million.