In the last trading session, 16.51 million shares of the Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS) were traded, and its beta was 1.15. Most recently the company’s share price was $18.19, and it changed around -$0.07 or -0.38% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $64.39B. BCS currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $18.75, offering almost -3.08% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $10.23, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 43.76% since then. We note from Barclays plc ADR’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 16.32 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 14.61 million.
Barclays plc ADR stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.71. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended BCS as a Hold, whereas 1 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Barclays plc ADR is expected to report earnings per share of 0.6 for the current quarter.
Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS) trade information
Instantly BCS has showed a red trend with a performance of -0.38% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 18.65 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.47%. The company’s shares are currently up 67.03% year-to-date, but still down -2.26% over the last five days. On the other hand, Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS) is 2.83% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 16.41 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 1.15 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $29, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 37.28% from its current value. Analyst projections state that BCS is forecast to be at a low of $29 and a high of $29.
Barclays plc ADR (BCS) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 6.10%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 2 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 7.06B in revenue for the current quarter. 2 analysts expect Barclays plc ADR to make 7.02B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 6.32B and 6.55B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 11.59%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 7.19%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 20.33%. Barclays plc ADR earnings are expected to increase by 22.50% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 19.83% per year for the next five years.
BCS Dividends
Barclays plc ADR’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Apr-30. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 2.41 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.44. It is important to note, however, that the 2.41% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 2.97 per year.
Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.01% of Barclays plc ADR shares, and 8.02% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 8.02%. Barclays plc ADR stock is held by 473.0 institutions, with ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 0.201% of the shares, which is about 29.98 million shares worth $321.09 million.
ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC, with 0.132% or 19.68 million shares worth $210.76 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
Dimensional ETF Trust-Dimensional International Value ETF and DFA INVESTMENT TRUST CO-THE DFA INTERNATIONAL VALUE SERIES were the top two Mutual Funds as of Apr 30, 2025 . The former held 2.06 shares worth $37.53 million, making up 0.06% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, DFA INVESTMENT TRUST CO-THE DFA INTERNATIONAL VALUE SERIES held roughly 1.91 shares worth around $34.73 million, which represents about 0.05% of the total shares outstanding.
