NYSE:CFG - Citizens Financial Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Citizens Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 18th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 30th will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Wednesday, November 13th. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 29th. View Citizens Financial Group's Dividend History.

Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CFG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 18th. The bank reported $0.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.02. The bank earned $1.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.62 billion. Citizens Financial Group had a return on equity of 8.85% and a net margin of 22.29%. The business's revenue was up 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.93 earnings per share. View Citizens Financial Group's Earnings History.

Citizens Financial Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 17th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Citizens Financial Group.

7 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Citizens Financial Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $49.00. On average, they anticipate Citizens Financial Group's stock price to reach $41.64 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Citizens Financial Group.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Citizens Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Citizens Financial Group.

Media stories about CFG stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Citizens Financial Group earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Citizens Financial Group.

Citizens Financial Group saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,440,000 shares, a decline of 17.6% from the December 15th total of 7,820,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,460,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Citizens Financial Group's Current Options Chain.

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

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Citizens Financial Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.29%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.23%), Hexavest Inc. (0.20%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.18%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.07%) and M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.06%). Company insiders that own Citizens Financial Group stock include Charles John Koch, Randall J Black and Shivan S Subramaniam. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Citizens Financial Group.

CFG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gradient Investments LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Sciencast Management LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, First Hawaiian Bank, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. and M&R Capital Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citizens Financial Group.

CFG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., NewSquare Capital LLC, Coastline Trust Co, AE Wealth Management LLC and Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Citizens Financial Group stock in the last two years include Charles John Koch and Shivan S Subramaniam. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.67.

Citizens Financial Group has a market capitalization of $17.68 billion and generates $7.35 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $1.72 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.56 on an earnings per share basis. Citizens Financial Group employs 18,100 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Citizens Financial Group.

The official website for Citizens Financial Group is http://www.citizensbank.com/.

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]