-- 巴克莱银行（BARC.L）重申了其2026年的财务目标，尽管第一季度计提了更高的减值准备，但其业绩依然“稳健”。 根据周二发布的财报，这家英国银行集团截至3月31日的三个月内归属于股东的利润同比增长至19.3亿英镑，高于去年同期的18.6亿英镑。税前利润达到28.1亿英镑，高于去年同期的27.2亿英镑。 信贷减值准备从6.43亿英镑扩大至8.23亿英镑，主要原因是该公司投资银行部门一笔2.28亿英镑的单一账户减值准备。彭博新闻周二报道称，这笔费用与英国专业贷款机构Market Financial Solutions有关，该公司于今年2月倒闭。 加拿大皇家银行资本市场分析师在一份简报中指出：“税前利润符合市场预期，主要得益于投资银行业务收入超出预期，但部分被汽车金融佣金的额外收入（1.05亿英镑）、汽车金融服务业务的减值拨备（2.28亿英镑）以及巴克莱英国的成本超预期所抵消。若按拨备前利润计算，则超出预期2%。” 巴克莱还宣布，一旦其目前10亿英镑的股票回购计划完成，将启动一项新的5亿英镑股票回购计划。 该集团重申了其2026财年全年目标，即实现310亿英镑的总收入和超过12%的有形权益回报率。展望未来，巴克莱银行也确认了其2028年的目标，包括超过14%的股本回报率（RoTE），以及计划在2026年至2028年期间通过分红和股票回购向股东返还超过150亿英镑的资本。 截至周二中午，该股在伦敦的交易价格下跌近1%。
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