Citizens Financial Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Citizens Financial Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Citizens Financial Group stock.
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Citizens Financial Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 20th 2021.
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Citizens Financial Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 20th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CFG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 15th. The bank reported $1.37 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.40. The bank earned $1.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.65 billion. Citizens Financial Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.30% and a net margin of 13.04%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.03 EPS.
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Citizens Financial Group's stock was trading at $23.34 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CFG shares have increased by 116.2% and is now trading at $50.47.
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Citizens Financial Group declared a quarterly dividend on Saturday, April 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Thursday, May 13th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 28th.
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Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.15%. Citizens Financial Group does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Citizens Financial Group is 40.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Citizens Financial Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 51.66% next year. This indicates that Citizens Financial Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Citizens Financial Group announced that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Wednesday, January 20th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $750,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 4.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

16 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Citizens Financial Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $32.00 to $56.00. On average, they expect Citizens Financial Group's stock price to reach $47.21 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.5%.
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893 employees have rated Citizens Financial Group CEO Bruce Van Saun on Glassdoor.com. Bruce Van Saun has an approval rating of 82% among Citizens Financial Group's employees.

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

Citizens Financial Group's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.26%), Capital International Investors (4.75%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.20%), LSV Asset Management (1.96%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.92%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.20%). Company insiders that own Citizens Financial Group stock include Brendan Coughlin, Charles John Koch, Shivan S Subramaniam and William P Hankowsky.
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CFG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Lazard Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal Can, LSV Asset Management, Capital Bank & Trust Co, and JPMorgan Chase & Co..
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CFG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, AMF Pensionsforsakring AB, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., and SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought Citizens Financial Group stock in the last two years include Charles John Koch, Shivan S Subramaniam, and William P Hankowsky.
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One share of CFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.47.

Citizens Financial Group has a market capitalization of $21.50 billion and generates $8.07 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $1.79 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.84 on an earnings per share basis.

Citizens Financial Group employs 17,407 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Citizens Financial Group: 1215 Financial Center Associates Ltd., 5801 Southfield Service Drive Corp., CFG Service Corp., CSB Investment Corp., Citizens Asset Finance Inc., Citizens Bank National Association, Citizens Capital Markets Inc., Citizens Charitable Foundation, Citizens Funding Corp., Citizens Insurance Holdings Inc., Citizens One Community Development Corporation, Citizens One NMTC CDE Corp., Citizens One NMTC CDE LLC I, Citizens One NMTC CDE LLC II, Citizens One NMTC CDE LLC III, Citizens One NMTC CDE LLC IV, Citizens One NMTC CDE LLC V, Citizens RI Investment Corp. IV, Citizens Securities Inc., Citizens Ventures Incorporated, Clarfeld Financial Advisors LLC, Connecticut Realty Investors Inc., Court Street Holding Inc., Estate Preservation Services LLC, Franklin American Mortgage Company, ICX Corporation, Lexington Savings Corp., Mass Investment Corp., Minuteman Investments Corporation, Montgomery Service Corporation, New England Acceptance Corporation, PA Investment Corp. I, PA Investment Corp. II, PA Investment Corp. V, RBS Citizens Insurance Agency Inc., RI Realty Trust Inc., Servco Inc., Thistle Group Holding Co., Trinity Capital, West Register Citizens Corp., Western Reserve Partners, and Windsor Realty Corp..

Citizens Financial Group was founded in 1828.

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

Citizens Financial Group is headquartered at One Citizens Plaza, Providence RI, 02903.

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]