Citizens (CIA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Citizens, Inc. (NYSE: CIA) is an insurance holding company focused primarily on life insurance products. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company provides coverage designed to address final expenses, mortgage protection, income replacement and other long-term financial needs.

Its product offerings have included whole life, term life, universal life and other life insurance policies, as well as related insurance solutions. Citizens serves policyholders in the United States and selected international markets, including countries and territories in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has historically operated through insurance subsidiaries serving domestic and international customers. Its business is centered on developing, distributing and administering life insurance products through independent agents and other distribution channels.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.25 to $4.41
• 50-Day Range: $3.37 to $4.40
• 52-Week Range: $3.31 to $6.54
• Volume: 80,024 shs
• Average Volume: 131,935 shs
• Market Capitalization: $245.99 million
• P/E Ratio: 29.00
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $5.50
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Citizens Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Citizens scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 197th out of 834 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Citizens has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Citizens has a consensus price target of $5.50, representing about 25.1% upside from its current price of $4.40.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Citizens has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 85.71%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Citizens are expected to grow by 85.71% in the coming year, from $0.07 to $0.13 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Citizens is 29.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.56.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Citizens is 29.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 21.29.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Citizens has a P/B Ratio of 1.11. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

8.38% of the float of Citizens has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Citizens has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 39.08, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Citizens has recently increased by 3.11%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Citizens does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Citizens does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.88

News Sentiment

Citizens has a news sentiment score of 0.88. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.55 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Citizens this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for CIA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

3 insiders have purchased shares of Citizens in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $102,390.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0416% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Citizens insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $102,390.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.20% of the stock of Citizens is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

13.73% of the stock of Citizens is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 11/10/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Life & Health Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CIA
• CIK: 24090
• Web: www.citizensinc.com
• Phone: (512) 837-7100
• Fax: 512-836-9785
• Employees: 246
• Year Founded: 1969

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Citizens: $5.50
• High Price Target: $5.50
• Low Price Target: $5.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +25.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.16
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 29.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 33.81
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $14.59 million
• Net Margins: 3.40%
• Pretax Margin: 3.83%
• Return on Equity: 3.31%
• Return on Assets: 0.44%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.04
• Quick Ratio: 0.04

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $255.62 million
• Price / Sales: 0.96
• Cash Flow: $0.40 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.06
• Book Value: $3.96 per share
• Price / Book: 1.11

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 55,970,000
• Free Float: 54,740,000
• Market Cap: $245.99 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.46