Unveiling Insights on Barclays PLC – Analyst Findings

By Ken Smith • Wednesday, July 10 07:49 • Permanent Link

Barclays PLC logged a -2.7% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $11.17 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. BCS's trading volume is 9,606,879 compared to the stock's average volume of 13,212,960.

Barclays PLC trades -1.85% away from its average analyst target price of $11.38 per share. The 3 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $9.64 to $14.2, and on average have given Barclays PLC a rating of hold.

Anyone interested in buying BCS should be aware of the facts below:

Barclays PLC's current price is 108.0% above its Graham number of $5.37, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Barclays PLC has moved 38.1% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 24.7%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.33, Barclays PLC has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.4 while the S&P 500 average is 27.65
BCS has a forward P/E ratio of 8.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.28 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 3.52 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Barclays PLC is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.86 compared to its sector average of 1.76
Barclays PLC provides various financial services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Based in London, the company has 92,400 full time employees and a market cap of $42.07 Billion. Barclays PLC currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.7%.

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