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NYSE:CFG

Citizens Financial Group - CFG Competitors

$31.10
+1.21 (+4.05%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$28.79
$31.43
50-Day Range
$29.89
$44.46
52-Week Range
$28.79
$49.21
Volume
11.42 million shs
Average Volume
8.96 million shs
Market Capitalization
$15.06 billion
P/E Ratio
7.62
Dividend Yield
5.40%
Price Target
$48.17

CFG vs. NTRS, FITB, MTB, DB, FCNCA, EWBC, ALLY, CBSH, BBDO, and SIVB

Should you be buying Citizens Financial Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citizens Financial Group include Northern Trust (NTRS), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Ally Financial (ALLY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Banco Bradesco (BBDO), and SVB Financial Group (SIVB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.

Citizens Financial Group vs.

Northern Trust (NASDAQ:NTRS) and Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

81.4% of Northern Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Northern Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Citizens Financial Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Citizens Financial Group received 111 more outperform votes than Northern Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.51% of users gave Citizens Financial Group an outperform vote while only 43.34% of users gave Northern Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Northern TrustOutperform Votes
387
43.34%
Underperform Votes
506
56.66%
Citizens Financial GroupOutperform Votes
498
64.51%
Underperform Votes
274
35.49%

Northern Trust pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Citizens Financial Group pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Northern Trust pays out 48.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Citizens Financial Group pays out 41.2% 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. Northern Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Citizens Financial Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Citizens Financial Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Citizens Financial Group had 7 more articles in the media than Northern Trust. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Citizens Financial Group and 8 mentions for Northern Trust. Northern Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Citizens Financial Group's score of 0.55 indicating that Northern Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Northern Trust
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Citizens Financial Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Northern Trust presently has a consensus price target of $100.32, suggesting a potential upside of 20.24%. Citizens Financial Group has a consensus price target of $47.78, suggesting a potential upside of 53.63%. Given Citizens Financial Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Citizens Financial Group is more favorable than Northern Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Northern Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Citizens Financial Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Northern Trust has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citizens Financial Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Citizens Financial Group has a net margin of 22.86% compared to Northern Trust's net margin of 17.24%. Northern Trust's return on equity of 14.89% beat Citizens Financial Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Northern Trust 17.24% 14.89% 0.95%
Citizens Financial Group 22.86% 11.24% 1.10%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Northern Trust$7.75 billion2.24$1.34 billion$6.1413.59
Citizens Financial Group$9.07 billion1.66$2.07 billion$4.087.62

Summary

Citizens Financial Group beats Northern Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 GroupState commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.06B$2.21B$5.88B$14.08B
Dividend Yield5.09%4.03%8.32%3.85%
P/E Ratio7.627.71133.6520.16
Price / Sales1.662.355,921.4310.38
Price / Cash6.167.6731.6524.57
Price / Book0.711.053.496.79
Net Income$2.07B$378.23M$647.00M$870.19M
7 Day Performance0.78%-0.80%-0.06%0.70%
1 Month Performance-25.76%-15.25%-5.71%-7.22%
1 Year Performance-36.06%-18.52%30.57%-15.17%

Citizens Financial Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NTRS
Northern Trust
2.5805 of 5 stars
$83.78
-4.0%
$101.05
+20.6%
-28.4%$17.41B$7.75B13.6423,600Analyst Report
Positive News
Gap Down
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
3.5058 of 5 stars
$25.90
-5.4%
$40.90
+57.9%
-44.4%$17.64B$9.35B7.7119,319Analyst Report
MTB
M&T Bank
3.5807 of 5 stars
$117.66
-7.8%
$182.18
+54.8%
-36.0%$19.77B$8.60B10.2122,808Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
DB
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
2.9164 of 5 stars
$10.28
-2.9%
$13.81
+34.4%
-26.7%$21.25B$39.90B4.1582,969Options Volume
News Coverage
Gap Down
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
3.0065 of 5 stars
$590.16
+0.1%
$796.00
+34.9%
-14.8%$8.56B$5.55B8.7510,684High Trading Volume
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.3674 of 5 stars
$55.13
-8.6%
$79.29
+43.8%
-32.5%$7.77B$2.62B6.963,155Analyst Report
ALLY
Ally Financial
3.2261 of 5 stars
$24.55
-3.0%
$35.24
+43.5%
-45.9%$7.38B$8.43B4.9411,600News Coverage
CBSH
Commerce Bancshares
2.6957 of 5 stars
$57.99
-4.5%
$71.50
+23.3%
-19.2%$7.24B$1.55B15.064,598Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
BBDO
Banco Bradesco
2.2801 of 5 stars
$2.20
-0.5%
N/A-35.4%$23.45B$35.24B6.1185,264
SIVB
SVB Financial Group
3.2587 of 5 stars
$106.04
flat
$348.47
+228.6%
N/A$6.28B$7.40B4.188,553
This page (NYSE:CFG) was last updated on 3/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff