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$47.63 -0.27 (-0.56%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CFG vs. FITB, HBAN, ZION, FNB, KEY, PNC, RF, SNV, TFC, and BMO

Should you be buying Citizens Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens Financial Group include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), F.N.B. (FNB), KeyCorp (KEY), The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Regions Financial (RF), Synovus Financial (SNV), Truist Financial (TFC), and Bank Of Montreal (BMO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Citizens Financial Group vs. Its Competitors

Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.

Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 2 more articles in the media than Citizens Financial Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 14 mentions for Citizens Financial Group. Citizens Financial Group's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.95 indicating that Citizens Financial Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Citizens Financial Group
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Citizens Financial Group. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citizens Financial Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Citizens Financial Group$7.77B2.68$1.51B$3.1515.12
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.20$2.31B$3.1513.89

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Citizens Financial Group's net margin of 12.76%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.64% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Citizens Financial Group12.76% 6.84% 0.70%
Fifth Third Bancorp 17.65%13.64%1.14%

Citizens Financial Group currently has a consensus price target of $49.32, suggesting a potential upside of 3.54%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $47.53, suggesting a potential upside of 8.61%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than Citizens Financial Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Citizens Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84

Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Citizens Financial Group pays out 53.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

94.9% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Citizens Financial Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CFG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CFG vs. The Competition

MetricCitizens Financial GroupBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.84B$870.60M$12.08B$20.65B
Dividend Yield3.51%3.15%5.54%3.72%
P/E Ratio15.1219.3719.2027.84
Price / Sales2.682.1325.6642.37
Price / Cash9.9848.6721.4522.32
Price / Book0.951.122.284.57
Net Income$1.51B$54.19M$992.82M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-0.19%-1.11%-0.20%0.20%
1 Month Performance18.27%7.13%3.93%5.53%
1 Year Performance24.69%20.77%539.44%10.30%

Citizens Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.6899 of 5 stars
$47.63
-0.6%
$49.32
+3.5%
+24.6%$20.84B$7.77B15.1217,287Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.7364 of 5 stars
$43.07
-0.8%
$47.53
+10.4%
+13.7%$28.75B$8.29B13.6718,616Upcoming Earnings
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9468 of 5 stars
$17.54
flat
$18.33
+4.5%
+28.4%$25.62B$7.55B13.3919,932Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.7552 of 5 stars
$55.16
-0.6%
$57.22
+3.7%
+19.0%$8.14B$3.18B10.779,406News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FNB
F.N.B.
3.9435 of 5 stars
$15.52
-0.4%
$17.57
+13.2%
+9.7%$5.58B$2.57B12.324,280News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
KEY
KeyCorp
4.8345 of 5 stars
$18.31
-0.8%
$18.97
+3.6%
+20.6%$20.07B$9.24B-107.7116,753News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.8734 of 5 stars
$196.35
-0.1%
$206.35
+5.1%
+16.9%$77.67B$34.44B13.8755,184Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
RF
Regions Financial
4.8958 of 5 stars
$24.57
-0.9%
$26.15
+6.4%
+20.6%$22.09B$9.37B11.8119,644Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.5294 of 5 stars
$54.55
-1.0%
$57.11
+4.7%
+28.3%$7.58B$3.43B15.284,775News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TFC
Truist Financial
4.7118 of 5 stars
$45.18
-0.8%
$48.44
+7.2%
+12.2%$59.16B$13.36B13.3338,335News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
BMO
Bank Of Montreal
4.375 of 5 stars
$111.92
-1.1%
$129.50
+15.7%
+31.3%$80.61B$58.27B14.5253,597

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