Barclays Plc Stock Beta

B1CS34 Stock  BRL 83.04  0.24  0.29%   
Barclays PLC fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Barclays PLC's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Barclays Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Barclays PLC's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Barclays PLC stock.
  
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Barclays PLC Company Beta Analysis

Barclays PLC's Beta is one of the most important measures of equity market volatility. Beta can be thought of as asset elasticity or sensitivity to market. In other words, it is a number that shows the relationship of an equity instrument to the financial market in which this instrument is traded. For example, if Beta of equity is 2, it is expected to significantly outperform market when the market is going up and significantly underperform when the market is going down. Similarly, Beta of 1 indicates that an asset and market will generate similar returns over time.

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Current Barclays PLC Beta

    
  1.33  
Most of Barclays PLC's fundamental indicators, such as Beta, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Barclays PLC is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
In a nutshell, Beta is a measure of individual stock risk relative to the overall volatility of the stock market. and is calculated based on very sound finance theory - Capital Assets Pricing Model (CAPM).However, since Beta is calculated based on historical price movements it may not predict how a firm's stock is going to perform in the future.
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In accordance with the recently published financial statements, Barclays PLC has a Beta of 1.3266. This is 61.78% higher than that of the Financial Services sector and significantly higher than that of the Banks—Diversified industry. The beta for all Brazil stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

Barclays Beta Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Barclays PLC's direct or indirect competition against its Beta to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Barclays PLC could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Barclays PLC by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Barclays PLC is rated below average in beta category among its peers.
As the market goes up, the company is expected to outperform it. However, if the market returns are negative, Barclays PLC will likely underperform.

Barclays Fundamentals

About Barclays PLC Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Barclays PLC's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Barclays PLC using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Barclays PLC based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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Barclays PLC financial ratios help investors to determine whether Barclays Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Barclays with respect to the benefits of owning Barclays PLC security.