Barclays stock: RBC cuts target to GBp 525 ahead of results

Published on 10/21/2026 at 16:38 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Results are due October 22, 2026. Barclays stock costs EUR 4.99 on October 21, 2026, up 1.80 percent versus Xetra close.

RBC target cut and dates

RBC Capital Markets cut its Barclays target from GBp 550.00 to GBp 525.00 on October 9, 2026.
Barclays is scheduled to report third-quarter results on October 22, 2026.
Barclays stock costs EUR 4.99 at Lang & Schwarz on October 21, 2026 at 4:33 p.m. CEST, 1.80 percent above the Xetra close of October 20, 2026.

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Barclays (ISIN GB0031348658) faces a lower analyst target before its third-quarter results after Yahoo Finance reported that RBC Capital Markets cut its target from GBp 550.00 to GBp 525.00 on October 9, 2026, while keeping an Outperform rating. Barclays stock was trading at EUR 4.99 at Lang & Schwarz on October 21, 2026 at 4:33 p.m. CEST, up 1.80 percent versus the Xetra close of October 20, 2026.

Results arrive on October 22

Barclays is scheduled to publish third-quarter results on October 22, 2026. AskTraders said the bank had provisionally set the release for 7:00 a.m. UK time and the investor call for 9:30 a.m. The publication also listed second-quarter income of GBP 8.30 billion and pretax profit of GBP 3.30 billion as comparison figures.

Stock sits below its yearly high

The primary London listing was at GBp 418.05 on October 21, 2026 at 3:37 p.m. BST. Barclays has traded between GBp 361.35 and GBp 538.30 over the past 52 weeks, putting the latest London price 22.34 percent below the high and 15.69 percent above the low. Trading volume had reached 29,488,962 shares at that timestamp.

The euro quotation and the London listing describe different venues and currencies. The Lang & Schwarz price was EUR 4.99, while the London quote was GBp 418.05. Barclays had a market capitalization of GBP 55.7 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.60 on October 21, 2026.

What will the results test?

The upcoming report will test whether the earnings pace seen in the first half continued into the third quarter. City AM reported that investment-bank income rose 11.00 percent year over year to GBP 8.00 billion in the first half of 2026, while second-quarter equities income increased 45.00 percent to GBP 1.30 billion. The same report cited expectations for third-quarter pretax profit of GBP 2.40 billion, compared with GBP 2.00 billion a year earlier.

Comparison with peers

Barclays: up 1.80 percent versus the Xetra close, price-to-earnings ratio 8.60, market capitalization GBP 55.7 billion.

Lloyds Banking Group (LSE, GBp): up 1.03 percent, price-to-earnings ratio 12.79, market capitalization GBP 59.0 billion.

NatWest Group (LSE, GBp): up 0.90 percent, price-to-earnings ratio 8.63, market capitalization GBP 51.2 billion.

Price and next date

RBC's target of GBp 525.00 is stated in the London quotation currency, so it is not combined with the euro price. The next scheduled company date is October 22, 2026, when Barclays is due to report its third-quarter figures.

Barclays stock was trading at EUR 4.99 at Lang & Schwarz on October 21, 2026 at 4:33 p.m. CEST, 1.80 percent above the Xetra close of October 20, 2026 at EUR 4.90. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Barclays stock.