Dimensional Fund Advisors LP recently announced the acquisition of new stake in Barclays plc ADR (NYSE:BCS). The institutional investor has increased its shareholding in the Financial company by 5.97% to 19.05 million shares with purchase of 1.07 million shares. This fresh investment now brings its stake to 0.50% valued currently at $150.08 million. In addition, Arrowstreet Capital LP raised its holdings by 1.06 million to 17.47 million shares. And Northern Trust Investments, Inc. has lifted its position by 5.03% or 0.21 million shares – to 4.41 million shares.
Currently, there are 3.96B common shares owned by the public and among those 3.59B shares have been available to trade.
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The top 3 mutual fund holders in Barclays plc ADR are DFA International Value Series, Dimensional International Value E, and DFA International Core Equity Por. DFA International Value Series owns 5.64 million shares of the company’s stock, all valued at over $44.44 million. The company sold -1.53 million shares recently to bring their total holdings to about 0.15% of the shares outstanding. DFA International Core Equity Por now owns shares totaling to 0.08% of the shares outstanding.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -2.13% and 0.14% over the past three months. BCS shares are trading -6.60% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -18.31% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $6.23 and touched a high of $9.44 over the same period. BCS has an average intraday trading volume of 15.58 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -5.11%, -0.14%, and -2.84% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Barclays plc ADR (NYSE: BCS) shares accounts for 3.60% of the company’s 3.96B shares outstanding. Mutual fund holders own 0.58%, while other institutional holders and individual stakeholders account for 3.01% and — respectively.
It has a market capitalization of $27.86B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio at 3.46. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.81% over the week and 1.66% over the month.
The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $0 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $0. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 0.62%, and 4.47% over the next financial year.
Looking at the support for the BCS, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. BofA Securities stated their Underperform rating for the stock in a research note on October 26, 2023, with the firm’s price target at $8.77-$7.31.
