Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The financial services provider reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, Zacks reports. Barclays had a return on equity of 5.94% and a net margin of 16.83%. The company had revenue of $8.52 billion for the quarter. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.42 EPS.
Barclays Price Performance
Shares of NYSE:BCS opened at $12.59 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $12.12 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $11.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.98, a current ratio of 1.39 and a quick ratio of 1.39. The company has a market capitalization of $46.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.40, a P/E/G ratio of 0.68 and a beta of 1.42. Barclays PLC has a 1-year low of $6.23 and a 1-year high of $13.20.
Barclays Increases Dividend
The company also recently announced a semi-annual dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 16th were paid a dividend of $0.2684 per share. This is a boost from Barclays’s previous semi-annual dividend of $0.27. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 16th. This represents a yield of 3.6%. Barclays’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 21.64%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Get Our Latest Stock Analysis on BCS
Barclays Company Profile
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.
Read More
- Five stocks we like better than Barclays
- Stock Market Sectors: What Are They and How Many Are There?
- Real Estate Sector Outperforms: 3 Stocks to Gain Exposure
- The Basics of Support and Resistance
- Lam Research Proves Analysts Wrong with a Strong Earnings Report
- 3 Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy Now
- PureCycle: Up 250% in 2024 – Is This Materials Stock Still a Buy?
Receive News & Ratings for Barclays Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Barclays and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter.