Barclays (BCS) Scheduled to Post Earnings on Thursday

Barclays (NYSE:BCS) is scheduled to release its earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, April 25th. Analysts expect Barclays to post earnings of $0.45 per share for the quarter. Investors interested in participating in the company’s conference call can do so using this link.

Barclays (NYSE:BCS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 20th. The financial services provider reported ($0.03) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.36 by ($0.39). Barclays had a net margin of 16.82% and a return on equity of 6.09%. The business had revenue of $6.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.38 billion. On average, analysts expect Barclays to post $2 EPS for the current fiscal year and $2 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Barclays Price Performance

Shares of NYSE BCS opened at $9.71 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.34, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.63. Barclays has a twelve month low of $6.23 and a twelve month high of $9.98. The company has a market capitalization of $36.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.09, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 1.48. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $8.99 and a two-hundred day moving average of $7.91.

Barclays Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a semi-annual dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 1st were paid a dividend of $0.2671 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 29th. This is a positive change from Barclays’s previous semi-annual dividend of $0.14. This represents a yield of 4.6%. Barclays’s dividend payout ratio is currently 37.96%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com lowered shares of Barclays from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Barclays presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $190.00.

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.