Barclays PLC

BCS Financial Banks Diversified

Barclays PLC’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $38.4 billion, up 12.3% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+2.53%
EPS
+17.9%
Free cash flow
−13.9%
Total debt
−0.16%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

22.53 0.29 −1.27%
Market cap
$75.9B
P/E
8.2×
Fwd P/E
8.0×
Dividend yield
2.67%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Barclays PLC (BCS) Debt to equity

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Barclays PLC's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 5.9×, up 0.4× from fiscal 2025 (5.4×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.7× (fiscal 2016) to 5.7× (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Banks Diversified industry median of 1.1× and above the Financial sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 5.4× 2.12%
FY2024 5.3× (5.34%)
FY2023 5.6× (1.45%)
FY2022 5.7× 10.70%
FY2021 5.2× 1.02%
FY2020 5.1× 12.31%
FY2019 4.6× (9.19%)
FY2018 5.0× 22.16%
FY2017 4.1× 49.89%
FY2016 2.7× (1.14%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 5.9× 2.27%
Jun 2026 5.8× (3.08%)
Mar 2026 5.9× 9.15%
Dec 2025 5.4× (8.37%)
41 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 2.7× High 5.7×
Ten-year median 5.1×
Current reading's percentile 82

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
BBVA Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria S.A. compare 0.0×
BNY BNY compare 0.8×
MUFG Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. compare 1.1×
C Citigroup Inc. compare 1.6×
SMFG Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc compare 1.7×
ING ING Group, N.V. compare 3.0×
UBS UBS Group AG compare 3.7×
BCS Barclays PLC 5.9×
SAN Banco Santander, S.A. compare 14.0×
Banks Diversified industry median 1.1×
Financial sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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