Citizens Financial Group - CFG Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research 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 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CFG shares.
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15 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Citizens Financial Group's shares. Their CFG share price forecasts range from $33.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $47.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 36.3% from the stock's current price.
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Citizens Financial Group's stock was trading at $47.25 at the start of the year. Since then, CFG stock has decreased by 25.8% and is now trading at $35.04.
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Citizens Financial Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,670,000 shares, an increase of 22.2% from the August 31st total of 5,460,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 19th 2022.
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Citizens Financial Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 19th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 866-207-1041 with passcode "8979691".

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CFG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 19th. The bank reported $1.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.02 by $0.12. The bank earned $2 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.99 billion. Citizens Financial Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.26% and a net margin of 25.04%. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.46 EPS.
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Citizens Financial Group announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Tuesday, August 16th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 1st. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.39.
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Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.89%. CFG has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 42.53%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CFG will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.68% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Citizens Financial Group announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase program on Monday, June 27th 2022, which permits the company to buyback $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 5.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

893 employees have rated Citizens Financial Group Chief Executive Officer Bruce Van Saun on Glassdoor.com. Bruce Van Saun has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

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

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One share of CFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.04.

Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) has a market capitalization of $17.37 billion and generates $6.99 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $2.32 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.95 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 17,463 workers across the globe.

Citizens Financial Group's mailing address is One Citizens Plaza, Providence RI, 02903. The official website for the company is www.citizensbank.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (203) 900-6715 or via email at cfginvestorrelations@citizensbank.com.