Barclays stock: RBC cuts target to GBp 525 for Barclays stock

Published on 10/20/2026 at 16:04 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Results are due October 22, 2026. Barclays stock costs EUR 4.94 on October 20, 2026, down 0.68 percent versus the Xetra close.

Target and reporting date

RBC Capital Markets cut its Barclays target from GBp 550 to GBp 525 on October 12, 2026.
Barclays is scheduled to report third-quarter 2026 results on October 22, 2026.
Barclays stock costs EUR 4.94 at Lang & Schwarz on October 20, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. CEST, 0.68 percent below the Xetra close of October 19, 2026.
Barclays reported Q2 2026 earnings per share of USD 0.90 in its latest report.

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Barclays (ISIN GB0031348658) faces a lower RBC Capital Markets target of GBp 525, cut from GBp 550 on October 12, 2026, while the broker retained its Outperform rating, as Yahoo Finance reported. The new target is 27.24 percent above Barclays' LSE price of GBp 412.60 on October 20, 2026. The stock was trading at EUR 4.94 at Lang & Schwarz on October 20, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. CEST, down 0.68 percent versus the Xetra close of October 19, 2026.

RBC trims its target

RBC also lowered its 2027 adjusted pretax profit forecast by 2 percent, citing weaker investment bank revenue and higher expenses ahead of Barclays' third-quarter results. Its investment bank pretax profit forecasts fell by 5 percent for 2026, 3 percent for 2027 and 4 percent for 2028, according to Yahoo Finance.

Price position after the decline

The Xetra close of EUR 4.97 on October 19, 2026 leaves the Lang & Schwarz quote EUR 0.03 lower. Barclays' market capitalization was USD 74.9 billion on October 20, 2026, with a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.51. Its latest reported quarter also provides a useful earnings marker: Barclays posted USD 0.90 in earnings per share for Q2 2026, according to MarketBeat.

What comes before results?

Barclays is scheduled to publish its third-quarter 2026 results on October 22, 2026, before the market opens, with a conference call listed for 4:30 a.m. ET by MarketBeat. The same page lists consensus expectations of USD 0.67 earnings per share and USD 10.09 billion in revenue for the quarter, versus USD 0.5560 earnings per share and USD 9.59 billion in revenue a year earlier.

Barclays and its banking peers

Barclays operates as a diversified bank across retail, corporate, investment and wealth management activities. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange under BARC and also trades on Xetra under BCY. For investors, the upcoming report will put RBC's lower profit assumptions against the bank's latest quarterly earnings and its planned capital returns.

Stock remains below the prior close

The euro quote sits below the Xetra close of October 19, 2026, while the next dated test is the third-quarter report on October 22, 2026. Barclays stock was trading at EUR 4.94 at Lang & Schwarz on October 20, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. CEST, 0.68 percent below the Xetra close of October 19, 2026 (EUR 4.97). The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Barclays stock.