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An update from Barclays ( (GB:BARC) ) is now available.
Barclays has completed its FY 2025 share buy-back programme, repurchasing and cancelling 234,851,257 ordinary shares for about £1 billion at an average price of roughly 426 pence. Following these cancellations, the bank’s issued share capital stands at 13,613,539,896 ordinary shares with voting rights, with no shares held in treasury, altering the denominator used for regulatory disclosure thresholds.
In tandem with the completion of the FY 2025 programme, Barclays is launching a new Q1 2026 buy-back of up to £500 million, with an upper limit of 832,521,312 shares to be repurchased starting 8 May 2026. The successive buy-backs underscore the bank’s ongoing capital return strategy, potentially supporting earnings per share and signaling management’s confidence in the balance sheet to investors and regulators.
The most recent analyst rating on (GB:BARC) stock is a Hold with a £4.55 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Barclays stock, see the GB:BARC Stock Forecast page.
Spark’s Take on BARC Stock
According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, BARC is a Outperform.
The score is driven primarily by solid financial performance with improving profitability and a strong cash-flow rebound, plus attractive valuation. This is tempered by balance-sheet leverage risk and only moderate technical momentum, while the latest earnings call was broadly positive on guidance and capital returns but flagged higher credit impairments and specific one-off charges.
To see Spark’s full report on BARC stock, click here.
More about Barclays
Barclays PLC is a major U.K.-based universal bank providing retail, corporate and investment banking, as well as wealth management services. The group operates globally with a strong presence in London capital markets, offering financing, advisory and trading services to individuals, businesses and institutional clients.
Average Trading Volume: 67,308,430
Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy
Current Market Cap: £60.24B
For a thorough assessment of BARC stock, go to TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.