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While you may have an investing style you rely on, finding great stocks is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores. These are complementary indicators that rate stocks based on value, growth, and/or momentum characteristics.

Why Investors Should Pay Attention to This Value Stock

Different than growth or momentum investors, value-focused investors are all about finding good stocks at good prices, and discovering which companies are trading under what their true value is before the broader market catches on. The Value Style Score utilizes ratios like P/E, PEG, Price/Sales, and Price/Cash Flow to help pick out the most attractive and discounted stocks.

Barclays (BCS)

Headquartered in London, Barclays PLC is a major global banking and financial services company with £1,598.7 billion ($2,192.3 billion) in total assets as of June 30, 2025.

BCS sits at a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), holds a Value Style Score of A, and has a VGM Score of B. Compared to the Banks - Foreign industry's P/E of 10.1X, shares of Barclays are trading at a forward P/E of 8.7X. BCS also has a PEG Ratio of 0.5, a Price/Cash Flow ratio of 7.8X, and a Price/Sales ratio of 1.9X.

Many value investors pay close attention to a company's earnings as well. For BCS, one analyst revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days, and the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0 to $2.23 per share for 2025. BCS boasts an average earnings surprise of 36.5%.

BCS should be on investors' short list because of its impressive earnings and valuation fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Value and VGM Style Scores.

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