Savant Capital LLC Has $240,000 Stock Holdings in Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS)

Savant Capital LLC raised its stake in Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) by 30.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 18,093 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after buying an additional 4,212 shares during the quarter. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in Barclays were worth $240,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Choreo LLC increased its stake in Barclays by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 46,860 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $623,000 after buying an additional 802 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp increased its stake in shares of Barclays by 4.7% during the 3rd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 20,568 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $250,000 after purchasing an additional 918 shares during the last quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Barclays by 10.0% during the 3rd quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC now owns 11,826 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $144,000 after purchasing an additional 1,075 shares during the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd increased its stake in shares of Barclays by 6.9% during the 3rd quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 17,565 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $213,000 after purchasing an additional 1,137 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SYM FINANCIAL Corp increased its stake in shares of Barclays by 7.1% during the 4th quarter. SYM FINANCIAL Corp now owns 17,274 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $230,000 after purchasing an additional 1,149 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 3.39% of the company’s stock.

Barclays Stock Performance

Shares of BCS opened at $15.63 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $13.95 and its 200-day moving average is $12.92. Barclays PLC has a 12 month low of $8.18 and a 12 month high of $15.65. The firm has a market cap of $56.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 1.41. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.67.

Barclays (NYSE:BCS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The financial services provider reported $0.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.19 by $0.15. Barclays had a net margin of 17.83% and a return on equity of 6.30%. Equities analysts expect that Barclays PLC will post 1.53 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Barclays Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a semi-annual dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a $0.2737 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This is a positive change from Barclays’s previous semi-annual dividend of $0.27. This represents a yield of 2.7%. Barclays’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.41%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com lowered shares of Barclays from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th.

Barclays Profile

Barclays PLC provides various financial services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. The company operates through Barclays UK and Barclays International division segments. It offers financial services, such as retail banking, credit cards, wholesale banking, investment banking, wealth management, and investment management services.