Barclays PLC (LSE:BARC)
£ 5.11 +0.18 (+3.74%) Market Cap: 68.90 Bil Enterprise Value: -38.57 Bil PE Ratio: 10.26 PB Ratio: 0.87 GF Score: 68/100

Half Year 2026 Barclays PLC Fixed Income Call Transcript

Jul 28, 2026 / 01:30PM GMT
Release Date Price: £5.05 (-4.79%)
Operator

Welcome to Barclays half year 2026 results fixed income conference call. I will now hand it over to Anna Cross, Group Finance Director; and Daniel Fairclough, Group Treasurer.

Anna Cross
Barclays PLC - Group Finance Director, Executive Director

Good afternoon, and welcome to the half one 2026 Fixed Income Investor Call. I'm joined by Daniel Fairclough, our Group Treasurer. Let me begin with a brief overview of our financial performance. Q2 was another strong quarter with a group return on tangible equity of 16.1%. All three UK businesses delivered ROCE above 20% with consistent volume and revenue growth. Investments we have made allowed us to, again, monetize strong markets and banking wallet in the investment bank, where ROCE increased nearly 4% versus last year to 16%. And while the US consumer bank delivered 10.5% ROCE, excluding the American Airlines gain on sale.

Given the momentum and breadth of our progress, we are upgrading the group income target to circa GBP31.5 billion in '26, and we remain confident in delivering group ROCE greater than 12

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