Standard Chartered (STAN) Stock Price, Fundamentals & Analysis

What STAN does

Standard Chartered (STAN) is a global bank listed on the London Stock Exchange stocks page. It operates across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas, serving both corporate and retail clients. The bank is organised into three segments: Corporate & Investment Banking, Wealth & Retail Banking, and Ventures. Its services range from everyday retail products such as deposits, mortgages, credit cards, and personal loans, to transaction banking (cash management, trade financing, and payments), as well as specialised areas like mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure finance, and Islamic banking.

Key numbers explained

• The current share price is 23.13 GBP, up 2.48% today.
• The trailing P/E ratio of 14.5 shows how much investors pay per pound of recent earnings; the forward P/E of 10.9 uses expected future earnings.
• The dividend yield is 2.22%, meaning the annual dividend represents about 2.22% of the current share price.
• The ex-dividend date is 6 aug. 2026; the share of earnings paid out as dividends is 29%.
• The beta of 0.6 suggests the share has historically been less volatile than the broader market.
• Over the last 52 weeks, the price ranged from 13.52 to 23.45, a 56.6% increase from one year ago.
• The price-to-book ratio of 154.85 compares the share price to the company's book value per share.
• The return on equity of 9.8% measures how effectively the company generates profit from shareholders' equity.

What to watch

As a diversified bank, STAN is sensitive to interest rate movements, regulatory changes, and global economic conditions across its key markets in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Investors often compare it with peers such as Barclays (BARC), HSBC (HSBA), and Aberdeen Group (ABDN). The upcoming earnings release on 28 oct. 2026 will provide fresh insight into the bank's performance.