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Citigroup (C) Stock Falls Amid Market Uptick: What Investors Need to Know
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Citigroup (C - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $132.89, demonstrating a -3.46% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.21%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.22%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 0.16%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the U.S. bank had gained 3.62% outpaced the Finance sector's gain of 1.78% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.25%.
The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Citigroup in its forthcoming earnings report. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $2.68, marking a 19.64% rise compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $23.7 billion, showing a 7.3% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.
Looking at the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $11.2 per share and revenue of $95.56 billion. These totals would mark changes of +40.53% and +12.13%, respectively, from last year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Citigroup should also be noted by investors. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Empirical research indicates that these revisions in estimates have a direct correlation with impending stock price performance. To capitalize on this, we've crafted the Zacks Rank, a unique model that incorporates these estimate changes and offers a practical rating system.
The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 0.07% higher. Citigroup currently has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
With respect to valuation, Citigroup is currently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 12.29. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 15.09, so one might conclude that Citigroup is trading at a discount comparatively.
We can additionally observe that C currently boasts a PEG ratio of 0.62. The PEG ratio is akin to the commonly utilized P/E ratio, but this measure also incorporates the company's anticipated earnings growth rate. C's industry had an average PEG ratio of 1.04 as of yesterday's close.
The Financial - Investment Bank industry is part of the Finance sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 42, finds itself in the top 18% echelons of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to use Zacks.com to monitor all these stock-influencing metrics, and more, throughout the forthcoming trading sessions.
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Citigroup (C) Stock Falls Amid Market Uptick: What Investors Need to Know
Citigroup (C - Free Report) ended the recent trading session at $132.89, demonstrating a -3.46% change from the preceding day's closing price. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.21%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.22%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 0.16%.
Prior to today's trading, shares of the U.S. bank had gained 3.62% outpaced the Finance sector's gain of 1.78% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.25%.
The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Citigroup in its forthcoming earnings report. It is anticipated that the company will report an EPS of $2.68, marking a 19.64% rise compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Simultaneously, our latest consensus estimate expects the revenue to be $23.7 billion, showing a 7.3% escalation compared to the year-ago quarter.
Looking at the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $11.2 per share and revenue of $95.56 billion. These totals would mark changes of +40.53% and +12.13%, respectively, from last year.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Citigroup should also be noted by investors. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the business and profitability.
Empirical research indicates that these revisions in estimates have a direct correlation with impending stock price performance. To capitalize on this, we've crafted the Zacks Rank, a unique model that incorporates these estimate changes and offers a practical rating system.
The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 0.07% higher. Citigroup currently has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
With respect to valuation, Citigroup is currently being traded at a Forward P/E ratio of 12.29. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 15.09, so one might conclude that Citigroup is trading at a discount comparatively.
We can additionally observe that C currently boasts a PEG ratio of 0.62. The PEG ratio is akin to the commonly utilized P/E ratio, but this measure also incorporates the company's anticipated earnings growth rate. C's industry had an average PEG ratio of 1.04 as of yesterday's close.
The Financial - Investment Bank industry is part of the Finance sector. This industry, currently bearing a Zacks Industry Rank of 42, finds itself in the top 18% echelons of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank is ordered from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to use Zacks.com to monitor all these stock-influencing metrics, and more, throughout the forthcoming trading sessions.