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

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, April 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Wednesday, May 15th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.66%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 30th. View Citizens Financial Group's Dividend History.

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

Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CFG) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 18th. The bank reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.04. The bank had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.58 billion. Citizens Financial Group had a return on equity of 8.88% and a net margin of 22.96%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.78 EPS. View Citizens Financial Group's Earnings History.

Citizens Financial Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Citizens Financial Group.

Citizens Financial Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, July 19th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8002301059.

10 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Citizens Financial Group's stock. Their predictions range from $37.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect Citizens Financial Group's share price to reach $41.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Citizens Financial Group.

10 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 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Citizens Financial Group.

Media headlines about CFG stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Citizens Financial Group earned a news impact score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Citizens Financial Group.

Some companies that are related to Citizens Financial Group include Bank of New York Mellon (BK), M&T Bank (MTB), State Street (STT), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Northern Trust (NTRS), Deutsche Bank (DB), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Signature Bank (SBNY), Popular (BPOP), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Prosperity Bancshares (PB) and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Citizens Financial Group investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Bank of America (BAC), Paypal (PYPL), Intel (INTC), Alibaba Group (BABA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Lam Research (LRCX), Applied Materials (AMAT), Visa (V) and Micron Technology (MU).

Citizens Financial Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.51%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.05%), LSV Asset Management (2.01%), Bank of Montreal Can (1.58%), Northern Trust Corp (1.21%) and Lazard Asset Management LLC (1.15%). Company insiders that own Citizens Financial Group stock include Charles John Koch, Randall J Black, Shivan S Subramaniam 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 Systematic Financial Management LP, Lazard Asset Management LLC, SPX Equities Gestao de Recursos Ltda, AJO LP, Marshall Wace LLP, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Janus Henderson Group PLC and American Financial Group 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 Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, BlackRock Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, MARSHALL WACE ASIA Ltd, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Clark Capital Management Group Inc., Scout Investments Inc. and FMR 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.97.

Citizens Financial Group has a market capitalization of $16.03 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]