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BARCLAYS PLC (NYSE)
BCS 20.87 0.09 (0.43%) Vol.  1,623,129 16:00 ET

Day Low - High 20.75 - 21.23
52wk Low - High 2.75 - 25.68
Avg Volume 2,363,003
Industry BANKS-FOREIGN
Market Cap 33.81 B
Div - Yield 0.07 - 0.32
PE (forward) 9.43
PEG Ratio 1.89
Current Year Est. 2.2
EPS Last Year 0.00
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#2 Buy 16.63%
#3 Hold 7.53%
#4 Sell 2.01%
#5 Strong Sell -0.07%
S&P 500 8.70%
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.38
ABR (Last Week) 2.38
# of Recs in ABR 8
Average Target Price 22.72
Industry Rank by ABR 186 out of 217
Rank in Industry 19 out of 44
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NEWS
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Nov 20, 2009
Barclays Capital Acquires Crescent in Joint Venture with Goff Capital
Nov 20, 2009
Barclays (BCS) NewsBite - BCS Falls on Economic Worries
Nov 20, 2009
Analyst Choice Initiates Independent Research Coverage on theFinancial, Services and Consumer Goods Sector
Nov 20, 2009
DCP Midstream Prices Offering Of Common Units
Nov 20, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
09/2009
Next Quarter
12/2009
This Year
12/2009
Next Year
12/2010
Average Estimate N/A N/A 2.20 2.43
Number of Estimates 0 0 3 3
Low Estimates N/A N/A 1.80 1.61
High Estimate N/A N/A 2.46 3.55
Year Ago EPS N/A N/A 4.36 2.20
EPS Growth N/A% N/A% -49.46% 10.29%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Barclays PLC operates in commercial and investment banking, insurance, financial and other related services. Barclays subsidiary, Barclays Bank PLC maintains 2500 branches in the United Kingdom and 1000 branches in over 75 other countries.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM N/A
Sales 72725.27
Net Income N/A
Price/Earnings N/A
Price/Book .58
Price/Cash Flow 1.7
Price/Sales N/A


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