Barclays PLC — Banks - Diversified. Scored on the same transparent model behind the daily rankings.
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BCS
Barclays PLC · Banks - Diversified
Rev+11.1%B
P/E10.2xA-
ROE10.1%B
P/B1.01A-
Yield2.3%B
64.9Financial strength
$26.87$90.3B
1Y Target$30.27Analyst consensus · 4 analysts
5Y Target$38.21Compound horizon
10Y Target$49.00Long-dated conviction
Rev+11.1%B
Revenue +11.1% — at or above S&P median
P/E10.2xA-
P/E 10.2 — cheaper than most Financial Services peers (≈25th pctile)
ROE10.1%B
ROE 10.1% — acceptable capital return
P/B1.01A-
P/B 1.01 — near book, cheap for a profitable franchise
Yield2.3%B
Yield 2.3% — modest income
Forward price target — the 1-year figure is the analyst consensus where the stock is covered; the 5- and 10-year figures compound our earnings estimate from there. The DCF below is a separate cross-check on intrinsic value (what it's worth today), not another target.
Financial strength · 64.9 / 100
Profitability55.4
Value (P/B)84.6
Income58.3
A peer-relative read for financials on profitability (ROE), valuation, and covered income — the quality-growth (FCF/ROIC) screen doesn't apply to balance-sheet businesses. Not comparable to the 0–100 quality-growth score shown on other stocks.
Entry · Margin of safety
52-week rangeNear 52-week high
6% off the 12-month high
Model-generatedGenerated by the Bull Rankings model from this company's reported fundamentals, and checked against the figures shown above.
Why now
Banks - Diversified · market cap $90.3b. 6% off the 52-week high of $28.69. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. 4 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $30.27 (implying +13% upside).
Moat
Net margin 28% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 10% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $90.3b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Credit-cycle exposure — provisions tend to lag actual loan deterioration by 2-3 quarters; a sharp uptick in net charge-offs is a leading indicator the market often misses until it's already priced.
Horizon
1-3 yr $30.27 (4-analyst consensus) — multiple re-rating thesis requires a catalyst. 5 yr $38.21 at ~7% CAGR — dividend + buyback compounding. 10 yr $49.00 if the moat survives secular pressure.
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Score history · BCS
Not enough history yet — the model records BCS's score after each daily run, and the chart appears once a few days have accumulated.
BCS at a glance
Every figure here comes from the same audited fundamentals behind the score. Charts drawn from data the score does not use say so on the card.
Analyst estimate revisions
30-day change
+0.1%
90-day change
+0.3%
Forward EPS estimate
$3.40
Over the last 90 days, what analysts expect BCS to earn is essentially unchanged. The estimate is derived from price and forward P/E captured at the same instant, so a moving share price does not move this number — only a changed forecast does.
A rising estimate means expectations are improving, not that the price has failed to keep up — and estimates get cut as readily as they get raised. It is not part of the Bull Rankings score. Biggest movers across the market →
Position sizing · BCS
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Shares to buy
74
Position size
$1,988
4.0% of portfolio
Stop price
$20.15
25% below $26.87
$ at risk if stopped
$497.10
budget $500.00 · 1% of portfolio
Math only — share count is floor(portfolio × risk% ÷ (price × stop%)). Doesn't account for commissions, slippage, gap risk, or position-correlation across your book. Inputs persist locally; never sent to the server. Not investment advice.
Barclays PLC (BCS): score, valuation & FAQ
Barclays PLC (BCS) is a Banks - Diversified company. As a bank, insurer or REIT it runs on a different financial model from the rest of the market, so Bull Rankings grades it on a sector-appropriate card — price-to-book, dividend yield, payout ratio and cash-flow coverage — rather than the 0–100 quality-growth score used elsewhere. The read below is a transparent screen, not a buy recommendation.
Its strongest graded signals are P/E (A-) and P/B (A-).
Is BCS a good stock to buy?
Bull Rankings grades BCS on a sector-appropriate card — price-to-book, dividend yield, payout and cash-flow coverage — rather than a single quality-growth score. That is driven by P/E (A-) and P/B (A-). A score is a quantitative screen of Barclays PLC's fundamentals, not personalised financial advice — weigh it against your own time horizon and risk tolerance, and read the risk factors below before acting.
How does Bull Rankings grade BCS?
As a bank, insurer or REIT, BCS isn't given a quality-growth score — signals like free cash flow, debt-to-equity and P/E don't translate cleanly to a balance-sheet business. Instead it's graded on a sector-appropriate card: price-to-book, dividend yield, payout ratio and operating-cash-flow coverage, where it rates strongest on P/E (A-) and P/B (A-).
Is BCS overvalued or undervalued?
We don't compute a reliable discounted-cash-flow value for BCS — typically because it is not yet consistently profitable or free-cash-flow positive — so its valuation rests on growth and price-to-sales rather than on earnings-based intrinsic value. Judge it on the trajectory of the business, not a single multiple.
What are the main risks of investing in BCS?
Credit-cycle exposure — provisions tend to lag actual loan deterioration by 2-3 quarters; a sharp uptick in net charge-offs is a leading indicator the market often misses until it's already priced.
Bull Rankings is an automated fundamentals screen for research and education. It is not investment advice, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Do your own research and consider consulting a licensed financial advisor.