Barclays PLC $BCS Shares Acquired by O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC

O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) by 4.6% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 1,037,171 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after buying an additional 45,737 shares during the period. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Barclays were worth $26,396,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Barclays in the fourth quarter valued at about $141,248,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of Barclays by 793.5% in the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,777,017 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $99,073,000 after purchasing an additional 4,242,360 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Barclays by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 89,750,069 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $2,284,139,000 after purchasing an additional 3,722,757 shares during the period. Main Street Research LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Barclays in the third quarter valued at about $35,035,000. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its position in shares of Barclays by 7,013.1% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,671,369 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $31,071,000 after purchasing an additional 1,647,872 shares during the period. 3.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Barclays Stock Performance

BCS opened at $24.25 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $82.67 billion, a PE ratio of 10.11, a PEG ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.01. Barclays PLC has a twelve month low of $17.22 and a twelve month high of $27.70. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $23.30 and its 200 day moving average price is $23.96. The company has a current ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.94.

Barclays (NYSE:BCS) last posted its earnings results on Monday, April 27th. The financial services provider reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $5.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.88 billion. Barclays had a net margin of 21.10% and a return on equity of 8.12%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Barclays PLC will post 2.75 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently issued reports on BCS shares. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Barclays from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Barclays in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Barclays in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Citigroup reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Barclays in a research report on Thursday, April 23rd. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane lowered shares of Barclays from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

Barclays 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.