Valuation

BARCBarclays plc

StockLSEUnited KingdomFinancialsEU retail: available

+1.6% today · +6.1% over a year

2/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 28% of the instruments we score

Quality: among the weakest; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 2.68%.

Barclays plc (BARC) valuation against sector peers: P/E 9.6 (sector median 14.0), P/B 0.8, free-cash-flow yield 28.4%, P/S 5.4.

Ratios vs sector

Medians of Financials companies in the same region (stocks and REITs).

Lower P/E, P/B, P/S and EV/EBIT mean cheaper; higher yields, returns and margins mean more for the price. Negative multiples (losses) are left out of the medians.
MetricBARCSector medianvs median
P/E9.614.0 · n=5031% below
P/B0.81.7 · n=5556% below
P/S5.43.2 · n=4867% above
EV/EBIT—16.7 · n=9—
Free-cash-flow yield28.4%7.1% · n=35302% above
Dividend yield2.68%2.66% · n=146near the median
Return on equity9.6%13.7% · n=6930% below
Return on invested capital—20.5% · n=14—
Gross margin—33.7% · n=8—
Net debt / EBITDA—−1.24 · n=13—

Value factor: 83 of 100 within the peer group. Full score breakdown →

Sector peers

The largest companies of the same sector and region.

HSBCHSBC Holdings plc.70.37.5—1.9%1.7%4/10
BCSBarclays PLC38.73.1—7.1%2.7%1/10
HSBAHSBC Holdings plc14.01.5—9.6%1.7%8/10
RYRoyal Bank of Canada19.72.9——2.4%10/10
8306Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.23.62.1—−9.0%2.9%4/10
MUFGMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.23.32.1—−9.1%0.0%7/10
TDToronto Dominion Bank14.22.4——1.9%10/10
SANBanco Santander SA11.61.4—−13.2%2.3%5/10
UBSUBS Group20.11.7——4.1%1/10
UBSGUBS Group AG20.01.7——2.4%2/10

Fiscal-year history

From annual SEC filings; each bar is a fiscal year, labelled by the year it ended.

Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR · ratios computed by AI-Stock Invest from public filings and end-of-day prices · latest period 31 Dec 2025 · filed 10 Feb 2026