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, January 17th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 29th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share on Wednesday, February 12th. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.99%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 28th. This is an increase from Citizens Financial Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Citizens Financial Group's Dividend History.

Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CFG) posted its earnings results on Friday, January, 17th. The bank reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.03. The bank earned $1.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.63 billion. Citizens Financial Group had a net margin of 22.20% and a return on equity of 8.75%. The business's revenue was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.98 earnings per share. View Citizens Financial Group's Earnings History.

Citizens Financial Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Citizens Financial Group.

9 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Citizens Financial Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $49.00. On average, they expect Citizens Financial Group's stock price to reach $42.28 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Citizens Financial Group.

9 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 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Citizens Financial Group.

Headlines about CFG stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Citizens Financial Group earned a news sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Citizens Financial Group.

Citizens Financial Group saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,440,000 shares, a decline of 17.6% from the December 31st total of 7,820,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,340,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the company 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), M&T Bank (MTB), Northern Trust (NTRS), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Deutsche Bank (DB), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) and Popular (BPOP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Citizens Financial Group investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Intel (INTC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS), AT&T (T) and Visa (V).

Citizens Financial Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.17%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.08%). 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, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Wealthfront Advisers LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System and Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citizens Financial Group.

CFG stock was purchased 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., Pwmco LLC, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Convergence Investment Partners LLC and NewSquare Capital LLC. 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 $39.13.

Citizens Financial Group has a market capitalization of $17.01 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 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]