NYSE:CFG - Citizens Financial Group Stock Price, Price Target & More

Citizens Financial Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CFG."

Citizens Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Wednesday, May 16th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 1st. View Citizens Financial Group's Dividend History.

Citizens Financial Group declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, June 29th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $850,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 4.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CFG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January, 19th. The bank reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.04. The bank earned $1.48 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.45 billion. Citizens Financial Group had a return on equity of 7.06% and a net margin of 26.00%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.55 EPS. View Citizens Financial Group's Earnings History.

Citizens Financial Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July, 20th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Citizens Financial Group.

12 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Citizens Financial Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect Citizens Financial Group's stock price to reach $45.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Citizens Financial Group.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Citizens Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to Citizens Financial Group include Itau Unibanco (ITUB), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), Banco Bradesco (BBD), State Street (STT), M&T Bank (MTB), Deutsche Bank (DB), Northern Trust (NTRS), BANCO BRADESCO/S (BBDO), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL).

News coverage about CFG stock has trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Citizens Financial Group earned a news sentiment score of 0.21 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the bank an impact score of 47.13 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Citizens Financial Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.72%), Cambiar Investors LLC (0.20%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.15%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.07%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%) and Scout Investments Inc. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Citizens Financial Group stock include Leo I Higdon Jr, Randall J Black and Wendy A Watson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Citizens Financial Group.

CFG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Boston Advisors LLC, Scout Investments Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Bremer Trust National Association, Hartford Investment Management Co., Cambiar Investors LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund and Covenant Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Citizens Financial Group company stock in the last year include Randall J Black and Wendy A Watson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citizens Financial Group.

CFG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., DnB Asset Management AS, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, New England Research & Management Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Clinton Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citizens Financial Group.

Shares of CFG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.66.

Citizens Financial Group has a market capitalization of $19.89 billion and generates $6.45 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $1.65 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.58 on an earnings per share basis. Citizens Financial Group employs 17,600 workers across the globe.

Citizens Financial Group's mailing address is One Citizens Plaza, Providence RI, 02903. The bank can be reached via phone at 401-456-7000 or via email at [email protected]