Company: BCS
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001654954-25-008608
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Company: BARCLAYS PLC
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: 6-K
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41% reflecting profit growth and the impact of share buybacks, with tangible net asset value (TNAV) per share growth of 13%. Given strong organic capital generation and common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio of 14.0%, today we announced a further £1bn share buyback and a half year dividend of 3.0p per share, equating to £1.4bn of total capital distributions in respect of the first half of 2025, a 21% increase year-on-year."**

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H125 Group statutory RoTE of 13.2%, with EPS improving to 24.7p (H124: 18.6p)

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Q225 Group statutory RoTE of 12.3%

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Completed the £1bn share buyback announced with FY24 Results. Announced intention to initiate a share buyback of up to £1bn (H124: £750m) and a dividend of 3.0p per share for H125(H124: 2.9p), on track to deliver progressive increase in total capital returns versus 2024

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Achieved £17bn 1 of the c.£30bn planned UK RWA growth, of which £10bn was organic growth

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H125 Group loan loss rate (LLR) of 52bps (H124: 45bps), within the through the cycle range of 50-60bps

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H125 Group cost: income ratio improved to 58% (H124: 62%) driven by positive operating leverage (FY25 guidance of c.61%)

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Delivered c.£350m of gross cost efficiency savings in H125 (FY25 guidance of c.£500m)

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Strong balance sheet with CET1 ratio of 14.0%

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Taking into account the impact of the £1bn share buyback announced today, the CET1 ratio as of 30 June 2025 would be reduced by c.30bps to 13.7%, in line with the 13-14% target range

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TNAV per share of 384p (December 2024: 357p)

**Key financial metrics:**

|      | Income  | Profit before tax | Attributable profit | Cost: income ratio | LLR   | RoTE  | EPS   | TNAV per share | CET1 ratio | Total capital return |
| Q225 | £7.2bn