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Stocks to watch next week: BP, Barclays, AstraZeneca, Airbnb and Coinbase

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Stocks to watch next week: BP, Barclays, AstraZeneca, Airbnb and Coinbase Earnings seasons is cooling down but investors will get updates from some heavyweights on both sides of the pond…
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  • Barclays remains the preferred play in the UK banking sector by some distance

    80% confidence

  • Potential launch of advertising presents a meaningful incremental EBITDA opportunity for Airbnb

    80% confidence

  • Barclays previously guided that shareholder returns would be skewed more towards buybacks rather than progressive dividend policy and reiterated ambitious aim of £10bn of returns between 2024 and 2026

    80% confidence

  • BP expected to book write down of $4bn to $5bn primarily related to transition business

    80% confidence

  • Hotels on Airbnb platform expected to improve conversion rates in supply-constrained urban markets

    80% confidence

  • AstraZeneca guidance for 2025 pointing to high single digit revenue growth and low double digit growth in adjusted earnings per share on constant currency basis

    80% confidence

  • Airbnb is the world's largest travel brand without a loyalty programme or an advertising business, calling both something that we're absolutely looking at

    80% confidence

  • BP expected to report weak oil trading result for fourth quarter

    80% confidence

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Barclays · pre tax profit2.08 billion_GBP
Barclays · total income7.17 billion_GBP
Barclays · car finance provision325 million_GBP
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Both facts record the same metric (shares_outstanding) for ING Group at the identical observation date (2025-12-31). FACT A states 2,902,437,688 shares; FACT B states 2,902 million shares (2,902,000,000). The difference is 437,688 shares (~0.015%). This is a genuine value conflict, though the discrepancy appears to result from FACT B rounding to the nearest million while FACT A provides the precise count.
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