Barclays Continues Buy-Back, Cancels Over 3.5 Million Shares

The latest announcement is out from Barclays ( (GB:BARC) ).

Barclays PLC has repurchased and will cancel 3,516,385 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange as part of its ongoing share buy-back programme launched in October 2025, paying a volume-weighted average price of 483.4509 pence per share. Following this latest transaction, Barclays’ issued share capital will comprise 13,828,352,380 ordinary shares with voting rights and no shares held in treasury, and the bank has now bought back a total of 92,387,626 shares under the programme, tightening its share base and potentially enhancing earnings per share while providing updated capital figures for investors’ regulatory disclosure calculations.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:BARC) stock is a Buy with a £536.00 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.

To see Spark’s full report on GB:BARC stock, click here.

More about Barclays

Barclays PLC is a major UK-based financial services group operating primarily in banking and investment services. It offers a range of products including retail and corporate banking, investment banking, wealth management, and credit cards, serving individual, corporate, and institutional clients globally, with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Average Trading Volume: 40,006,589

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: £66.35B

For an in-depth examination of BARC stock, go to TipRanks’ Overview page.