Citigroup Inc. $C Shares Sold by Lido Advisors LLC

Lido Advisors LLC decreased its position in Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:CFree Report) by 15.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 98,082 shares of the company’s stock after selling 17,243 shares during the period. Lido Advisors LLC’s holdings in Citigroup were worth $11,124,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Citigroup in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,800,944,000. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Citigroup by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 163,239,926 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,048,467,000 after acquiring an additional 4,938,923 shares during the last quarter. Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. acquired a new stake in Citigroup during the fourth quarter worth $298,082,000. SEB Asset Management AB purchased a new stake in Citigroup in the first quarter valued at $252,972,000. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG raised its position in Citigroup by 28.4% in the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 7,158,142 shares of the company’s stock valued at $835,284,000 after purchasing an additional 1,582,150 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.72% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on C shares. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $145.00 price target (up from $125.00) on shares of Citigroup in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on shares of Citigroup from $134.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 7th. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Citigroup from $146.00 to $154.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $150.00 target price on shares of Citigroup in a research note on Wednesday, July 15th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Citigroup from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $145.67.

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Insider Transactions at Citigroup

In other news, Director John Cunningham Dugan sold 2,117 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.30, for a total transaction of $265,260.10. Following the sale, the director owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,527,908.20. This represents a 14.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.11% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Citigroup Trading Down 0.2%

C opened at $131.94 on Friday. Citigroup Inc. has a 52 week low of $87.94 and a 52 week high of $147.96. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $134.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of $123.76. The firm has a market cap of $225.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.25, a P/E/G ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.71.

Citigroup (NYSE:CGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 14th. The company reported $3.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.74 by $0.41. Citigroup had a return on equity of 10.15% and a net margin of 10.23%.The firm had revenue of $24.75 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $23.74 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.96 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts expect that Citigroup Inc. will post 11.22 earnings per share for the current year.

Citigroup Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.67 per share. This represents a $2.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.0%. This is a boost from Citigroup’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 3rd. Citigroup’s payout ratio is currently 25.92%.

Citigroup announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, May 7th that allows the company to buyback $30.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase up to 13.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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About Citigroup

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Citigroup Inc is a global financial services company headquartered in New York City with roots tracing back to the City Bank of New York, founded in 1812. The modern Citigroup was created through the 1998 merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group and has since operated as a diversified bank holding company that provides a broad range of banking and financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments and institutions worldwide.

Citi’s principal businesses include retail and commercial banking, credit card and consumer lending products, wealth management and private banking, and a full suite of institutional services.

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