Citigroup (C) Competitors

$61.93
-0.33 (-0.53%)
(As of 09:58 AM ET)

C vs. USB, PNC, COF, TFC, MFG, WFC, BAC, MUFG, PGR, and BLK

Should you be buying Citigroup stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citigroup include U.S. Bancorp (USB), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Capital One Financial (COF), Truist Financial (TFC), Mizuho Financial Group (MFG), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Bank of America (BAC), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Progressive (PGR), and BlackRock (BLK). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Citigroup vs.

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) and Citigroup (NYSE:C) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

U.S. Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $46.14, indicating a potential upside of 11.72%. Citigroup has a consensus target price of $62.91, indicating a potential upside of 1.06%. Given Citigroup's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe U.S. Bancorp is more favorable than Citigroup.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
U.S. Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36
Citigroup
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

U.S. Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Citigroup pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. U.S. Bancorp pays out 64.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citigroup pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. U.S. Bancorp has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Citigroup has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. U.S. Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

U.S. Bancorp received 627 more outperform votes than Citigroup when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.07% of users gave U.S. Bancorp an outperform vote while only 47.39% of users gave Citigroup an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
U.S. BancorpOutperform Votes
763
58.07%
Underperform Votes
551
41.93%
CitigroupOutperform Votes
136
47.39%
Underperform Votes
151
52.61%

Citigroup has higher revenue and earnings than U.S. Bancorp. U.S. Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citigroup, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
U.S. Bancorp$40.62B1.58$5.43B$3.0213.68
Citigroup$156.82B0.76$9.23B$3.3818.42

77.6% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of Citigroup shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of U.S. Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Citigroup shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Citigroup had 22 more articles in the media than U.S. Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Citigroup and 15 mentions for U.S. Bancorp. Citigroup's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat U.S. Bancorp's score of 0.49 indicating that U.S. Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
U.S. Bancorp
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Citigroup
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

U.S. Bancorp has a net margin of 12.13% compared to U.S. Bancorp's net margin of 4.90%. Citigroup's return on equity of 13.93% beat U.S. Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
U.S. Bancorp12.13% 13.93% 0.99%
Citigroup 4.90%6.17%0.49%

U.S. Bancorp has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citigroup has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

U.S. Bancorp beats Citigroup on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding C and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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C vs. The Competition

MetricCitigroupNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$120.01B$18.19B$8.30B$17.47B
Dividend Yield3.38%4.01%10.56%3.54%
P/E Ratio18.429.3155.1420.94
Price / Sales0.761.713,589.1910.47
Price / Cash7.128.6227.6415.39
Price / Book0.631.012.375.04
Net Income$9.23B$2.30B$1.00B$963.13M
7 Day Performance-0.64%-1.47%-0.22%0.50%
1 Month Performance-1.56%-4.07%-2.51%-3.35%
1 Year Performance32.26%8.79%11.94%95.28%

Citigroup Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.9936 of 5 stars
$40.96
-0.2%
$46.14
+12.6%
+20.5%$63.82B$40.62B13.5675,465Short Interest ↓
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.8117 of 5 stars
$157.61
+1.1%
$156.63
-0.6%
+19.6%$62.70B$31.88B13.2356,411Short Interest ↑
COF
Capital One Financial
4.4249 of 5 stars
$147.89
+0.4%
$137.05
-7.3%
+49.5%$56.25B$49.48B12.3851,987Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
TFC
Truist Financial
4.6468 of 5 stars
$38.85
+2.1%
$41.56
+7.0%
+17.6%$51.85B$33.25B-35.9750,832Dividend Announcement
MFG
Mizuho Financial Group
3.8385 of 5 stars
$3.94
+0.5%
N/A+33.0%$50.01B$2.88T10.9451,212
WFC
Wells Fargo & Company
4.6836 of 5 stars
$60.95
-0.2%
$58.85
-3.4%
+50.5%$215.79B$115.34B12.72226,000Short Interest ↓
BAC
Bank of America
4.7115 of 5 stars
$38.37
+1.7%
$38.53
+0.4%
+28.3%$302.72B$171.91B13.28213,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.8878 of 5 stars
$10.09
+0.5%
N/A+58.8%$124.49B$68.70B8.14121,800
PGR
Progressive
4.6354 of 5 stars
$214.02
+0.5%
$211.88
-1.0%
+51.5%$125.35B$62.11B21.9161,400
BLK
BlackRock
4.8381 of 5 stars
$766.68
+0.9%
$845.42
+10.3%
+13.4%$114.19B$17.86B19.4819,800Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:C) was last updated on 4/30/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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