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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 31st will be given a dividend of $0.36 per share on Wednesday, August 14th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 30th. This is a positive change from Citizens Financial Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. View Citizens Financial Group's Dividend History.

Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CFG) posted its earnings results on Friday, July, 19th. The bank reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.94 by $0.02. The bank had revenue of $1.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.62 billion. Citizens Financial Group had a return on equity of 8.94% and a net margin of 22.61%. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.88 EPS. View Citizens Financial Group's Earnings History.

Citizens Financial Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Citizens Financial Group.

13 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Citizens Financial Group's shares. Their predictions range from $35.00 to $45.00. On average, they expect Citizens Financial Group's share price to reach $40.7083 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Citizens Financial Group.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Citizens Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Citizens Financial Group.

News coverage about CFG stock has trended positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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 coverage optimism score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the bank a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Citizens Financial Group.

Citizens Financial Group saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,396,000 shares, a decrease of 22.8% from the June 30th total of 13,461,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,270,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 2.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Citizens Financial Group's Current Options Chain.

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), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Popular (BPOP), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL) and First Financial Bankshares (FFIN).

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

Citizens Financial Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.49%), BlackRock Inc. (9.71%), Invesco Ltd. (4.84%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.37%), LSV Asset Management (2.03%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.89%). 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Natixis, Unigestion Holding SA, Bank of America Corp DE and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citizens Financial Group.

CFG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Eminence Capital LP, Nomura Holdings Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, MUFG Securities EMEA plc and Marshall Wace LLP. 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 $32.60.

Citizens Financial Group has a market capitalization of $14.58 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]