Barclays PLC

BCS stock score: 59/100

$22.60 · +1.21% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
52
Fundamental
66
News
57

The reading

Barclays (BCS) scores 59 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 55% of Financial Services stocks and 69% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 52, fundamentals 66.

Among the fundamentals, Price Target at 100 and Earnings Growth (Quarterly) at 99 score highest, while Debt to Equity at 1 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 28 and contrarian oscillators 70 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 57; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 57 to 77, and it is down 18 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward BCS’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

66

Pulling it up

  • Price Target100

    Price target score compares the current stock price to analyst consensus targets.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)99

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • Forward P/E96

    Forward P/E ratio uses estimated future earnings to calculate valuation.

Holding it back

  • Debt to Equity1

    Debt-to-Equity ratio measures financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

  • Price to Book Ratio3

    Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.

  • Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)17

    Return on Invested Capital measures the operating profit a company earns on all the capital invested in it, debt and equity alike.

32 weighted scorers; 9 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

33

Pulling it up

  • RSI (14)100

    Relative Strength Index (14-period) measures momentum by comparing recent gains to losses.

  • Williams %R (28)98

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

  • Bollinger Bands (50)86

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

Holding it back

  • Ichimoku Cloud0

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)0

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • SMA 500

    Simple Moving Average (50-period) is a widely-watched intermediate-term trend gauge.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
57

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly541
Daily333
Weekly482
Monthly662
Quarterly702

Composite score, last 90 days

05010059Jul 25, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 77Jul 26, 2026: 77Jul 27, 2026: 77Jul 28, 2026: 75Jul 29, 2026: 74Jul 30, 2026: 77Jul 31, 2026: 77Aug 2, 2026: 63Aug 3, 2026: 64Aug 5, 2026: 62Aug 6, 2026: 62Aug 7, 2026: 66Aug 8, 2026: 65Aug 9, 2026: 65Aug 10, 2026: 65Aug 11, 2026: 65Aug 12, 2026: 66Aug 13, 2026: 67Aug 14, 2026: 65Aug 15, 2026: 65Aug 16, 2026: 65Aug 17, 2026: 65Aug 18, 2026: 64Aug 19, 2026: 65Aug 20, 2026: 64Aug 22, 2026: 64Aug 23, 2026: 64Aug 24, 2026: 64Aug 25, 2026: 65Aug 26, 2026: 65Aug 27, 2026: 64Aug 28, 2026: 63Aug 29, 2026: 64Aug 30, 2026: 64Aug 31, 2026: 63Sep 1, 2026: 64Sep 2, 2026: 65Sep 3, 2026: 65Sep 4, 2026: 64Sep 5, 2026: 65Sep 6, 2026: 65Sep 7, 2026: 66Sep 8, 2026: 65Sep 9, 2026: 62Sep 10, 2026: 62Sep 11, 2026: 64Sep 12, 2026: 64Sep 13, 2026: 64Sep 14, 2026: 62Sep 15, 2026: 60Sep 16, 2026: 61Sep 17, 2026: 62Sep 18, 2026: 60Sep 19, 2026: 60Sep 20, 2026: 60Sep 21, 2026: 61Sep 22, 2026: 61Sep 23, 2026: 60Sep 24, 2026: 61Sep 25, 2026: 61Sep 26, 2026: 61Sep 27, 2026: 61Sep 28, 2026: 60Sep 29, 2026: 60Sep 30, 2026: 59Oct 1, 2026: 58Oct 2, 2026: 59Oct 3, 2026: 59Oct 4, 2026: 59Oct 5, 2026: 58Oct 6, 2026: 59Oct 7, 2026: 58Oct 8, 2026: 58Oct 9, 2026: 58Oct 10, 2026: 58Oct 11, 2026: 58Oct 12, 2026: 59Oct 13, 2026: 59Oct 14, 2026: 58Oct 15, 2026: 58Oct 16, 2026: 58Oct 17, 2026: 58Oct 18, 2026: 58Oct 19, 2026: 57Oct 20, 2026: 58Oct 21, 2026: 59
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Key facts

Market cap
$75.3B
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Banks - Diversified
Beta
0.91
Risk grade (1–10)
—
Next earnings
Oct 22, 2026

Banks - Diversified peers

CompanyMarket capScore
BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria$141.8B64
BMO Bank of Montreal$118.5B60
BNS The Bank of Nova Scotia$114.6B62
CM Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce$104.4B66
BNY The Bank of New York Mellon$99.0B63
ING ING Groep$94.9B59

Questions

What is BCS's stock score today?

BCS scores 59/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 52, fundamental 66, and news sentiment 57, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is BCS a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 59 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the BCS score calculated?

94 weighted scorers feed it today: 32 fundamental, scored against Financial Services ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.