Barclays Bank (LSE:47MB) Risk Assessment

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What is Barclays Bank Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Barclays Bank is: No Data: Cannot be evaluated.

Barclays Bank  (LSE:47MB) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Barclays Bank Risk Assessment Related Terms

LSE:47MB vs USB, PNC, TFC: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Barclays Bank's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Barclays Bank Risk Assessment vs Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Barclays Bank's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Barclays Bank's Risk Assessment falls into.


Barclays Bank Business Description

Address 1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, GBR, E14 5HP
Barclays Bank PLC is a financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management, and investment management services all over the world. The company's reportable segments are; Barclays UK Corporate Bank, Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management, Barclays Investment Bank, and Barclays U.S. Consumer Bank. Maximum revenue for the company is generated from its Barclays Investment Bank segment. Geographically, it derives maximum revenue from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, other regions of the Americas, and the Middle East and Asia.