Barclays (BCS) Securities Bought (2009 - 2026)
Barclays' Securities Bought came in at $15.95 billion for Q3 2026, down 66.5% from $47.56 billion a year earlier and down 0.6% from the prior quarter.
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Barclays (BCS) Securities Bought (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Barclays' Securities Bought was $23.73 billion, up 299.5% from FY2024.
- Securities Bought has increased in each of the last three years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 14.0% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Securities Bought was $5.94 billion in FY2024 (+79.8%), $3.3 billion in FY2023 (+253.1%), $935.57 million in FY2022 (-78.5%) and $4.36 billion in FY2021 (-64.6%).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Securities Bought since Q2 2025.
- Year-over-year, Securities Bought increased in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 48.2%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Securities Bought over five years came in Q4 2025 (growth of 299.5%), and the weakest in Q4 2022 (a decline of 78.5%).
- Business Quant data shows BCS's Securities Bought at $16.04 billion (Q2 2026), $36.72 billion (Q1 2026) and $23.73 billion (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jpmorgan Chase | 918.86 Bn | 918.86 Bn | - |
| 2 | Bank Of America | 355.02 Bn | -2,021.04 Bn | - |
| 3 | Hsbc Holdings | 299.60 Bn | -1,803.99 Bn | - |
| 4 | Morgan Stanley | 288.82 Bn | 288.82 Bn | - |
| 5 | Royal Bank Of Canada | 288.46 Bn | -541.58 Bn | - |
| 6 | Goldman Sachs | 269.80 Bn | 269.80 Bn | - |
| 7 | Wells Fargo & Company | 258.84 Bn | 258.84 Bn | - |
| 8 | Mitsubishi Ufj Financial | 244.75 Bn | -96.64 Bn | 10.89 Bn |
| 9 | American Express | 221.16 Bn | 20.64 Bn | - |
| 10 | Barclays | 79.79 Bn | -1,629.13 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 15.95 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 16.04 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 36.72 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 23.73 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 47.56 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 10.86 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 44.33 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.94 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 60.56 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 5.97 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 54.10 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.30 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 50.35 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.28 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 35.16 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 935.57 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 30.88 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.99 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 38.12 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 4.36 Bn |
API Access
Barclays Securities Bought API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=securities-bought&ticker=BCS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "securities-bought", "ticker": "BCS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=securities-bought&ticker=BCS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();