Barclays Q2 profit before tax rises 32% YoY to £3.3 billion; revenue climbs 16% YoY to £8.3 billion

• Barclays posted Q2 2026 profit before tax of GBP 3.3 billion, lifting statutory RoTE to 16.1% from 12.3% a year earlier.
• Income rose 16% year-on-year to GBP 8.3 billion, while earnings per share climbed 43% to 16.7p.
• Cost-to-income ratio narrowed to 54% from 59%, while impairment increased to GBP 600 million and the loan loss rate widened to 51 bps from 44 bps.
• Capital returns totaled GBP 1.8 billion, including a GBP 800 million dividend and a GBP 1 billion buyback, with the CET1 ratio at 14.3%.
• Barclays raised 2026 guidance for income to about GBP 31.5 billion from about GBP 31 billion, lifting group NII guidance to above GBP 13.7 billion.

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