EJF Capital LLC Has $1.95 Million Stock Holdings in Barclays PLC $BCS

EJF Capital LLC decreased its position in Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) by 49.9% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 94,200 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 94,000 shares during the period. EJF Capital LLC’s holdings in Barclays were worth $1,947,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Illumine Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in Barclays in the 3rd quarter valued at $2,195,000. Todd Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Barclays by 4.0% during the 3rd quarter. Todd Asset Management LLC now owns 3,516,095 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $72,678,000 after buying an additional 134,560 shares during the last quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund grew its holdings in shares of Barclays by 10.4% in the 3rd quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 1,830,351 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $37,833,000 after acquiring an additional 172,944 shares in the last quarter. RWA Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Barclays in the second quarter valued at about $654,000. Finally, Voya Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Barclays by 39.5% during the third quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 146,796 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $3,034,000 after acquiring an additional 41,585 shares in the last quarter. 3.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Barclays Stock Down 4.1%

Shares of BCS opened at $24.26 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $83.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.45, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a current ratio of 1.39. Barclays PLC has a 52 week low of $12.14 and a 52 week high of $27.70. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $25.95 and its 200 day simple moving average is $22.88.

Barclays (NYSE:BCS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The financial services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.04. Barclays had a net margin of 21.91% and a return on equity of 8.33%. On average, analysts forecast that Barclays PLC will post 2 earnings per share for the current year.

Barclays Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.3069 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 236.0%. Barclays’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 26.20%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have weighed in on BCS. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Barclays in a research report on Tuesday, December 23rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Barclays in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Citigroup reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Barclays in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Zacks Research raised shares of Barclays from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Barclays in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Barclays currently has a consensus rating of “Buy”.

Barclays Company Profile

Barclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) is a British multinational bank and financial services company headquartered in London. The firm provides a broad range of banking and financial products to individual, corporate and institutional customers. Its core activities span retail and business banking, credit cards and payments, corporate and investment banking, and wealth and investment management.

In retail and business banking, Barclays offers deposit accounts, mortgages, personal and business loans, and card services.