Barclays PLC
BCS · Price history
Price at last available close
$22.46
−$2.15 (-8.74%) 1M
2026-10-27
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Company & revenue
About Barclays PLC
Primary reporting period: 2025-12-31 · Research updated Oct 10, 2026. A research update is not a new financial filing.
Who they are
Barclays PLC provides various financial services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The company operates through Barclays UK; Barclays UK Corporate Bank; Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management; Barclays Investment Bank; and Barclays US Consumer Bank segments. It offers financial services, such as current accounts, savings accounts, mortgages and unsecured lending, such as credit cards and loans retail banking, wholesale banking, investment banking, wealth management, and investment management services, as well as lending products.
How they make money
Barclays is a diversified financial services group that generates revenue through retail, corporate, and investment banking activities. It operates through a structure of five business areas, including UK retail banking, corporate banking, private banking, and US consumer banking, earning income via net interest margins, fees, commissions, and advisory services.
Products & services
Retail and business banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management, and corporate advisory services.
Brands & revenue mix
No separate brand or brand-level revenue disclosure was confirmed in the reviewed sources. This does not mean the company has no brands.
Product / operating segments
No reconciled product or operating-segment revenue breakdown is available for the current research period. Company-wide revenue remains separate from segment disclosure.
Geographic revenue
No reconciled geographic revenue breakdown was confirmed for the current research period.
Customer types
Customer concentration
The company does not disclose specific customer concentration figures in its 2025 annual report.
Suppliers, materials & equipment
- Barclays Execution Services Limited — Provides technology, operations, and functional services to businesses across the Barclays Group.Source
Sources
Wall Street Score
Overall investment score · Quality, value, risk and opportunity
65
Fair
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Company Quality
How good is the actual business—regardless of today’s stock price?
50
Fair
Financial Strength
28
Business Quality / Moat
88
Management
62
Growth Quality
9
Risk / Durability
61
Uses financial strength, moat, management, growth quality and durability. It excludes share price, P/E, market cap, intrinsic value and margin of safety.
Opportunity
Opportunity Score · How does the current price compare with estimated value?
73
Fair
Based on current valuation, company quality, recent trends, and available market signals.
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Model Outlook
12-month model · What does the model think happens next?
68/100
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Model Score 68/100 — estimates relative performance potential, distinct from the overall Wall Street Score and the separate Company Quality score.
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WSS View
The quick read
The overall Wall Street Score is mixed across its combined quality, valuation and risk inputs. Review the category scores to identify what is helping or hurting the result.
At today’s price, the WSS valuation framework currently reads as relatively attractive.
The model outlook is currently moderate.
- •Valuation scores attractively
- •Recent buyback activity is present
- •Elevated debt risk
- •M&A headline · Oct 15, 2026
- •Revenue fundamentals are weak
- •Debt / balance-sheet profile needs attention
Company-specific research
Questions worth answering for BCS
These questions are generated from this company's current financial and score data so the page adds context instead of treating the headline score as a stand-alone conclusion.
- •What is driving BCS's revenue decline, and does the latest company filing suggest the weakness is temporary or structural?
- •How long can BCS fund negative free cash flow using its current cash position before it may need more debt or new shares?
- •How is BCS likely to use its cash advantage: reinvestment, acquisitions, debt reduction, dividends or buybacks?
- •Is BCS's valuation discount tied to a temporary concern or to a longer-term business risk?
Essential Investment Snapshot
Wall Street Score
65
Opportunity Score
73
Market Cap
$74.91B
P/E Ratio
9.4
EPS
$2.57
52-Week High
$28.69
52-Week Low
$19.29
Beta
0.88
Intrinsic Value
$99.09
Analyst Target
$20.00
Shares Outstanding
3.45B
Total Revenue
$52.87B
Total Debt
$182.99B
Dividend Yield (TTM)
2.74%
Liquidation Value / Share
$30.68
Dividend / Share (TTM)
$0.62
Momentum & Volatility Signals
Two different market-behavior signals. Momentum measures direction and trend strength. Volatility measures how large and unstable the price moves are, regardless of direction.
Weakening momentum
Low movement
A high momentum score means price has been trending upward with confirming short- and medium-term strength. A low score means downward or weakening momentum.
A high volatility score means larger, less stable price swings. It can happen while a stock is rising or falling, so high volatility is not automatically bullish or bearish.
Important: the volatility score above is based on realized price volatility. Implied volatility (IV) comes from options prices and represents the market's expected future movement. Wall Street Score will keep IV separate and will only display it when a verified options-chain feed is available.
Notices for BCS
Detected from reported data — verify before acting.Dividend history reported
Dividend payments are recorded. Review the dates and regular/special classification below; past payments do not guarantee future dividends.
Historical repurchase activity
Reported cash flows or share-count measures indicate past repurchase activity. This does not verify an active buyback authorization or future purchases.
Elevated debt risk
Total debt is at least one year of revenue • Interest coverage is below 2x • Free cash flow is negative
M&A headline · Oct 15, 2026
Barclays Says a Tesla-SpaceX Merger Could Be Announced Before December — This is a provider-linked headline, not an independently confirmed event. Check the article and company filings for the subject, proposed/completed status, and subsequent updates.
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Potential upside factors
- +Growth opportunities may come from revenue expansion, margin improvement, new products, market-share gains, and stronger cash flow.
- +Diversified business structure.
- +Strong global market positions.
Potential downside factors
- −Debt risk (elevated): Total debt is at least one year of revenue.
- −Interest coverage is below 2x.
- −Free cash flow is negative.
- −Market and economic conditions.
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Scores
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Score Changes
5 historical score records availablePrevious Score
63
Sep 9, 2026
Change
+1.8
points
Current Score
65
Oct 1, 2026
Category Changes
BCS increased 1.8 points because Capital improved by 4 points, Valuation improved by 2.9 points.
Positive Contributors
- + Capital improved by 4 points
- + Valuation improved by 2.9 points
Projected Score
Projected Score
68
Projected Change
+3.1 points
Preliminary comparable-period financial changes suggest improvement of approximately 3.1 points. This is a projected estimate, not the official WallStreetScore.
Price vs. Value
Review model assumptionsThis model estimate is more than three times the share price.
This is a formula-based estimate, not a verified fair value or price target. Check the earnings and growth assumptions.
Stored EPS: $2.57 · Growth assumption: 1.1% · Earnings multiplier: 10.6×.
Current Price
$22.46
Model Intrinsic Value
$99.09
Difference
−$76.63
-77.3% vs IV
Margin of Safety
77.3%
Financial Charts
Revenue
Additional Metrics
Operating Cash Flow
Total Debt
Total Assets
Net Margin %
Free includes 3 annual periods plus available TTM; Premium includes up to 10 annual periods. History depends on available company filings. Swipe the table horizontally to see older periods. A dash means unavailable, not zero.
| Line Item | TTM | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $52.87B | $67.43B | $75.64B | $66.03B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Cost of Revenue | $2.66B | $28.77B | $37.10B | $31.72B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Gross Profit | $50.21B | $38.66B | $38.54B | $34.31B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Research & Development | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| SG&A Expenses | $0.00 | $3.62B | $15.84B | $15.61B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Expenses | $36.89B | $26.53B | $27.61B | $25.74B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| EBITDA | $13.33B | $14.45B | $11.65B | $9.32B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Income | $13.33B | $12.12B | $10.98B | $8.56B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Interest Expense | $0.00 | $28.77B | $34.39B | $29.19B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Before Tax | $13.33B | $12.12B | $10.93B | $8.57B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Tax Expense | $2.83B | $2.56B | $2.37B | $1.61B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Net Income | $10.45B | $9.51B | $8.54B | $6.86B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic EPS | $2.57 | $2.39 | $1.91 | $1.49 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic Shares | 3.43B | 3.45B | 3.69B | 3.86B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Diluted Shares | 3.43B | 3.45B | 3.82B | 3.97B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
Earnings Summary
Revenue
$24.05B
Estimate unavailable.
Revenue Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
EPS
$0.85
Estimate unavailable.
EPS Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
Debt Change
+17.5%
Cash Change
+8.9%
Margin Change
-13.4 pp
Debt and cash show percentage changes versus the comparison period; margin shows the change in percentage points (pp). These are company-wide changes, not per-share amounts.
Financial Changes Since Prior Period
What Improved
- Cash position grew
What Weakened
- Margins contracted
- Debt increased
Potential Score Impact
Positive indicators included revenue growth, EPS growth, cash levels. Pressure indicators included debt levels, net income margin. These factors may support or pressure the Revenue, Management, Financial, and Debt categories; this summary does not claim that the stored scores changed.
Stored Earnings Analysis
Revenue increased 165.1%. EPS increased 45.5%. Cash increased 8.9%. Total debt increased 17.5%. Net income margin declined by 13.4 percentage points.
Earnings-Call Transcript
Earnings-call transcript analysis is not currently available.
These results may influence future scores when the next evaluation is completed.
Insider Activity
Guru / Smart Money
Guru Score
40
Smart Money
40
Number of Gurus
1
Total Guru Value
Avg Portfolio Weight
Largest Holder
Largest Holder %
New Positions
Increased Positions
Reduced Positions
Exited Positions
Net Guru Sentiment
Short Interest
Dividend History
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Conservative Projected Values
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10 Years
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Conservative Projection Rate
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