Standard Chartered (STAN) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Standard Chartered PLC, together with its subsidiaries, provides various banking products and services in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. The company operates in three segments: Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking; Consumer, Private & Business Banking; and Ventures. It offers retail products, such as deposits, mortgages, credit cards, and personal loans; wealth management products and services that include investments, portfolio management, insurance, and wealth advice; and transaction banking services, such as cash management, working capital, and trade financing products. The company provides financial markets products and services that comprise project and export financing; debt capital markets and leveraged financing; financing and securities services; sales and structuring; macro, commodities, and credit trading; and market research services. In addition, it offers digital banking solutions. It serves financial institutions, governments, banks, investors, corporations, small to medium-sized businesses, and individuals. Standard Chartered PLC was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 1,005.50 to 1,025
• 50-Day Range: 878.78 to 1,272.18
• 52-Week Range: 651.40 to 1,281
• Volume: 5.99 million shs
• Average Volume: 14.65 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £30.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.13
• Dividend Yield: 2.27%
• Price Target: GBX 1,028
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Standard Chartered Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Standard Chartered scored higher than 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Standard Chartered has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Standard Chartered has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Standard Chartered is 9.13, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 21.40.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Standard Chartered is 9.13, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 13.97.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Standard Chartered has a PEG Ratio of 0.80. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Standard Chartered has a P/B Ratio of 0.62. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for STAN.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Standard Chartered has a dividend yield of 0.03%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Standard Chartered does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Standard Chartered is 20.71%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.50

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for STAN.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.21

News Sentiment

Standard Chartered has a news sentiment score of 0.21. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.47 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Standard Chartered this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Standard Chartered to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Standard Chartered insiders have sold 215.55% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought £387,385.74 in company stock and sold £1,222,388.45 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.43% of the stock of Standard Chartered is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

74.72% of the stock of Standard Chartered is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

STAN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have STAN shares performed this year?

Standard Chartered's stock was trading at GBX 989.78 at the beginning of the year. Since then, STAN stock has increased by 2.5% and is now trading at GBX 1,014.07.
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How do I buy shares of Standard Chartered?

Shares of STAN stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Standard Chartered own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Standard Chartered investors own include Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), HSBC (HSBA), Barclays (BARC), Bank of America (BAC), Associated British Foods (ABF), Citigroup (C) and Glencore (GLEN).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 5/19 Dividend: 3/27/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/19 Dividend: 3/27/2025
• Today: 4/20/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/19/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Banks - Diversified
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:STAN
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.sc.com
• Phone: +44-20-78858888
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 84,845
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 1,028
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 1,250
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 800
• Potential Upside/Downside: +1.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.40
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 111.05
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.13
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.31
• P/E Growth: 0.8
• Net Income: £4.20 billion
• Net Margins: 24.04%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 8.77%
• Return on Assets: 0.41%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £17.46 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.75
• Cash Flow: £179.48 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.06
• Book Value: GBX 1,642.08 per share
• Price / Book: 0.62

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,019,400,678
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £30.62 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.85