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An announcement from Standard Chartered ( (GB:STAN) ) is now available.
Standard Chartered has continued executing its previously announced share buy-back, repurchasing 831,000 ordinary shares on 17 April 2026 through J.P. Morgan Securities at a volume-weighted average price of about 1,806 pence. The purchases were split across the London Stock Exchange and Cboe Europe venues, with prices ranging between roughly 1,766 and 1,847 pence per share.
By the trading day before this announcement, the bank had deployed about US$633.6 million under the current buy-back programme, underscoring an active capital-return strategy. Standard Chartered plans to cancel the repurchased shares, reducing the share count to 2,224,130,957 and thereby modestly increasing earnings per share and voting power for remaining shareholders.
The most recent analyst rating on (GB:STAN) stock is a Buy with a £2000.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Standard Chartered stock, see the GB:STAN Stock Forecast page.
Spark’s Take on STAN Stock
According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, STAN is a Neutral.
The score is driven by strong earnings-call fundamentals (record income, solid profitability and shareholder returns) and reasonable valuation, partially offset by deteriorating cash-flow quality and high leverage in the financials, plus weak current technical momentum.
To see Spark’s full report on STAN stock, click here.
More about Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered PLC is an international banking group headquartered in the U.K., focused on corporate, institutional and retail banking across emerging and developed markets. The bank offers services including lending, transaction banking, wealth management and financial markets products, with a particular emphasis on Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
YTD Price Performance: 0.29%
Average Trading Volume: 7,466,814
Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy
Current Market Cap: £39.48B
For detailed information about STAN stock, go to TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.