Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS) shares, rose in value, with the stock price down by -4.52% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $14.69.
Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the session at $15.39, falling within a range of $14.479 and $14.7255. The value of beta (5-year monthly) is 1.303 whereas the PE ratio is 9.93 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $15.43, and the low was $7.07. On the whole, BCS has fluctuated by 12.78% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Barclays plc ADR currently standing at about $52.91 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in March. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.42, with its dividend yield at 2.87%.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that BCS’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 0.64, with the price of BCS currently trading nearly -0.29% and 5.77% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 53.27, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.44% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.69%. Furthermore, Barclays plc ADR (BCS)’s beta value is 1.40, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.35.
A comparison of Barclays plc ADR (BCS) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. BCS showed an intraday change of -4.52% in today’s session so far, and over the past year, it grew by 100.75%%.
Data on historical trading for Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 14.95 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 13.68 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 3.64 billion shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.12% of Barclays plc ADR’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 5.54% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 8.89 million shares as on 2025-01-31, resulting in a short ratio of 0.65. The stock has risen by 10.57% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the BCS stock heading into the next quarter.
