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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.33%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 28th. This is a boost from Citizens Financial Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Citizens Financial Group's Dividend History.

Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CFG) announced its earnings results on Friday, January, 17th. The bank reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.03. The bank had revenue of $1.59 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. Citizens Financial Group had a net margin of 22.20% and a return on equity of 8.75%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down .3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company 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 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Citizens Financial Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $49.00. On average, they anticipate Citizens Financial Group's stock price to reach $42.28 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.2% 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.

Press coverage about CFG stock has been trending neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Citizens Financial Group earned a coverage optimism score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the bank a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media 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.

Citizens Financial Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,130,000 shares, an increase of 26.2% from the January 15th total of 6,440,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,510,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.9% 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 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), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA) 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), AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS) and AbbVie (ABBV).

Citizens Financial Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wealth Quarterback LLC (40.17%), State Street Corp (5.00%), Franklin Resources Inc. (3.42%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (2.83%), LSV Asset Management (2.15%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.90%). 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 Marshall Wace LLP, Schroder Investment Management Group, EJF Capital LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Man Group plc, MUFG Securities EMEA plc and Franklin Resources Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citizens Financial Group.

CFG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Artemis Investment Management LLP, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and British Airways Pensions Investment Management Ltd. 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 $36.06.

Citizens Financial Group has a market capitalization of $15.68 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]