Citigroup Inc. C
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Citigroup Inc. is a mega-cap company in the Financial Services sector (Banks - Diversified), with a market value of $215.6B, based in the USA.
It employs about 219,000 people and has been listed since Jan 03, 1977.
Citigroup Inc., a diversified financial service holding company, provides various financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions. It operates through five segments: Services, Markets, Banking, U.S. Personal Banking, and Wealth.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 13.7 versus 13.2 for 4 direct peers — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 16% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 10.2 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 155.05, 21% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 66% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • More cash leaves than comes in (negative free cash flow).
- • Quarterly report in 9 days (2026-10-13) — a day the stock can move a lot.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 13 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (8% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (17 vs 0).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 16% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (1.9% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 4.3% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLF -2.5%).
This week's news
- U.S. midterms: Breaking down expected impact on equities finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Lula or Bolsonaro: Wall Street braces for two wildly different results in Brazil election cnbc.com · 2026-10-03
- U.S. debt could reach 160% of GDP within decade, Scope warns finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Fed’s Hammack says there is time to weigh next rate move finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Citigroup (C) Opens Single Account Access To Multi Market Instant Payments finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Jobs Market Stays Flat at +29K, Futures Love It finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.