Barclays PLC (LON:BARC - Get Free Report) insider Robert Berry acquired 3,028 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 14th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 294 ($3.71) per share, for a total transaction of £8,902.32 ($11,247.40).
Barclays Stock Up 1.9 %
Shares of LON BARC traded up GBX 5.70 ($0.07) on Friday, hitting GBX 304.10 ($3.84). The company had a trading volume of 41,860,895 shares, compared to its average volume of 43,636,586. Barclays PLC has a 12-month low of GBX 159.10 ($2.01) and a 12-month high of GBX 312.60 ($3.95). The business has a 50 day moving average of GBX 281.89 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 252.95. The firm has a market capitalization of £43.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.94, a PEG ratio of 1.15 and a beta of 1.36.
Barclays (LON:BARC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The financial services provider reported GBX 36 ($0.45) earnings per share for the quarter. Barclays had a net margin of 19.54% and a return on equity of 6.97%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Barclays PLC will post 39.1062802 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of brokerages have weighed in on BARC. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Barclays from GBX 360 ($4.55) to GBX 370 ($4.67) and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday. Shore Capital reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Barclays in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, Barclays has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of GBX 296 ($3.74).
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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 and Barclays International division segments. It offers financial services, such as retail banking, credit cards, wholesale banking, investment banking, wealth management, and investment management services.
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