Barclays Cancels Further Shares as Buy-Back Programme Reaches 77 Million Shares

Barclays ( (GB:BARC) ) just unveiled an announcement.

Barclays PLC has repurchased and will cancel 2,065,985 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange as part of the share buy-back programme launched in October 2025, with purchase prices on 15 January 2026 ranging between 479.55p and 487.30p and a volume-weighted average of 484.03p. Following this latest tranche, Barclays’ issued share capital will comprise 13,841,445,552 ordinary shares with voting rights and no treasury shares, and the bank has now bought back a total of 77,237,344 shares under the programme, a capital-management move that reduces the share count and may enhance earnings per share while providing a new reference figure for investors’ regulatory disclosure calculations.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:BARC) stock is a Buy with a £535.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Barclays stock, see the GB:BARC Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on GB:BARC Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, GB:BARC is a Outperform.

Barclays’ strong financial performance and strategic initiatives, such as share buy-backs, drive a positive outlook. The technical indicators support a bullish trend, while valuation remains reasonable. Earnings call insights and corporate events further bolster confidence in the stock’s potential.

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More about Barclays

Barclays PLC is a major UK-based universal bank operating across retail, corporate and investment banking, as well as wealth management and payments services, with its shares listed on the London Stock Exchange and a broad base of institutional and retail shareholders subject to UK regulatory disclosure rules.

Average Trading Volume: 40,111,123

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: £66.37B

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