Barclays PLC Stock in December 2025: 60% Rally, £1.5bn Buybacks and What Comes Next for BARC Shares
Barclays has gone from “cheap UK bank” to one of the hottest large-cap financials of 2025. As of the close on 1 December 2025, Barclays PLC (LSE: BARC) finished around 430p per share, within touching distance of a new 52‑week high of 432.35p and up roughly 62% over the last 12 months.Hargreaves Lansdown+1 Behind that move is a potent mix of double‑digit returns on equity, heavy share buybacks, and a bolder US consumer push via the planned acquisition of Best Egg – all against a friendlier UK policy backdrop and a global market hungry for bank earnings.Barclays Home+2Reuters+2 The big