Barclays
Banks, UK
Signals Hit
1) High Beta. Barclays is trading with a high beta of 1.75. As Beta is a measure of a market's volatility in relation to the rest of the market, this is a signal that Barclays is a volatile market.
Profile
Barclays PLC offers commercial and investment banking, insurance, financial, asset management and related services. The Company’s subsidiary, Barclays Bank plc, operates over 2,000 branches in the United Kingdom and around 900 branches overseas. In all, Barclays Bank operates branches in over 60 countries.
Key Information
| Close Yesterday 312 | Market Cap £37.58B |
| 1 Day Change -1.11% | P/E Ratio 10.91 x |
| 1 Week Change 4.70% | P/B Ratio 0.76 x |
| 1 Month Change -8.19% | Beta 1.75 |
| Year-to-Date Change 13.04% | Next Earnings 30/11/2010 |
| 1 Year Change -13.21% | 20 Day Month Average 316.33 |
| 52 Week High / Low 383.6 / 255.35 | 50 Day Month Average 306.66 |
| % Off 52 Week High -18.67% | RSI 49.09 |
| % Off 52 Week Low 22.19% | MACD -1.87 |
| Volume 41.53M | Bollinger Band Upper / Lower 341.21 / 291.45 |
| 3 Month Average Volume 54.19M |
News
Barclays hires Pratt to head debt capital mkts - IFR
Reuters - 3 hours ago
HONG KONG, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Barclays Capital has hired Jon Pratt to head its debt capital markets business as British lender Barclays Plc (BARC.L) steps up hiring to tap into the growth ... Barclays Said to Hire Pratt as Head of Asia Debt Capital Markets Ex-Japan - Bloomberg
Barclays Said to Hire Pratt as Head Asia Debt Capital - BusinessWeek
San Francisco Chronicle
DEAN FOODS COMPANY TO WEBCAST INVESTOR PRESENTATION FROM BARCLAYS 2010 BACK TO SCHOOL CONFERENCE
MarketWatch - 10 hours ago
USA, Sep 02, 2010 (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- DALLAS, September 2, 2010 - Dean Foods Company (NYSE:DF) today announced it will host a live webcast of its presentation at the Barclays 2010 ...
Barclays Sees Form Factor Going To $6, Citi Stands Pat On $62 For Monsanto
Forbes - 12 hours ago
This morning, Citigroup lowered its 2010 EPS estimates on shares of Monsanto to $2.42 per share as the company is taking charges this year for its restructuring. Also impacting earnings this year ... Downgrades: MON, FORM - MarketNewsVideo.com
Program Trading Grew Last Week On NYSE; Volume Also Rose
NASDAQ - 14 hours ago
Program-trading volume grew for the fourth time in five weeks on the New York Stock Exchange, according to the subsidiary of NYSE Euronext (NYX), although the figure fell on a percentage basis as ...
Barclays Begins Coverage on CIT Group (NYSE: CIT)
American Banking News - 15 hours ago
Barclays (NYSE: BCS) analysts initiated coverage on shares of CIT group (NYSE: CIT) with a price target of $46.00 and an “overweight” rating in a research note to investors on Wednesday, saying ...
Barclays Didn't See $5 Billion Gain on Bankrupt Lehman Loan, Witness Says
Bloomberg - 16 hours ago
By Linda Sandler - Thu Sep 02 14:47:13 GMT 2010 Barclays Plc didn't make a $5 billion “windfall” on a $45 billion loan to bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. when it bought Lehman's brokerage ... Barclays Says It Saw No $5 Billion Lehman Loan Gain - BusinessWeek
5 Billion Lehman Discount Would Have Required 'Collusion' -Witness - Automated Trader
Moneynews
HSBC Says Breakup May Force Banks to Move From UK
BusinessWeek - 20 hours ago
By Jon Menon Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe's biggest bank, and rivals including Barclays Plc and Standard Chartered Plc may be forced to move their headquarters out of Britain ... PRESS DIGEST - British business - Sept 3 - Reuters
Beware Impossible Demands of Ultra-Rich Clients, Barclays Says
Bloomberg - 21 hours ago
By Warren Giles - Thu Sep 02 11:22:43 GMT 2010 The world's richest clients often come with “impossible demands,” push margins down and cause internal conflict with investment banking colleagues ... Beware Demands of Ultra-Rich Clients, Barclays Says - BusinessWeek
Beware of wealthy clients' 'impossible demands': Barclays - InvestmentNews
Miami Daily Business Review
Barclays Sells Most Samurai Bonds Without State Support Since Lehman Fell
Bloomberg - Sep 2, 2010 By Yusuke Miyazawa and Takashi Ueno - Thu Sep 02 06:32:56 GMT 2010 Barclays Plc's banking unit raised 143 billion yen ($1.7 billion) from the biggest sale of Samurai bonds without a government ... Barclays Bank Sells 143 Billion Yen of Samurai Bonds - BusinessWeek
Barclays (NYSE: BCS) Boosts Estimates on Joy Global (NASDAQ: JOYG)
American Banking News - Sep 1, 2010 Barclays analysts boosted their estimates on shares of Joy Global (NASDAQ: JOYG) in a research note to investors on Tuesday. The analysts boosted its 2010 earnings per share estimate from $3.90 to ... Upgrades: PPL, JOYG - MarketNewsVideo.com
