Capital International Inc. CA decreased its holdings in Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C – Free Report) by 6.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 299,218 shares of the company’s stock after selling 21,892 shares during the quarter. Capital International Inc. CA’s holdings in Citigroup were worth $34,916,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in C. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Citigroup in the fourth quarter worth approximately $2,800,944,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Citigroup by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 163,239,926 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,048,467,000 after buying an additional 4,938,923 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors boosted its holdings in shares of Citigroup by 6.5% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 47,262,626 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,797,292,000 after buying an additional 2,871,074 shares during the last quarter. Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. purchased a new position in shares of Citigroup in the fourth quarter worth approximately $298,082,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Citigroup by 291.4% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 1,319,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $153,978,000 after buying an additional 2,008,946 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.72% of the company’s stock.
Trending Headlines about Citigroup
Here are the key news stories impacting Citigroup this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Citigroup reshuffled senior leadership, naming Margo Pilic head of strategy, M&A, and investor relations, a move that could improve execution and simplify decision-making as CEO Jane Fraser continues the bank’s transformation. Citigroup Reshapes Leadership As It Pushes Into Tokenized Deposits
- Positive Sentiment: The bank is joining JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and other large lenders on a blockchain-based tokenized deposit network, signaling that Citi wants to stay competitive in next-generation payments and possibly benefit from lower-friction transaction infrastructure. JPMorgan, Citi and Big Banks Plan New Tokenized Deposit System to Answer Crypto
- Positive Sentiment: Investors are also responding to Citi’s growing use of AI in operations, including a document-review system that cuts account-opening review time from about an hour to 15 minutes, which may point to better efficiency and cost savings over time. Citi Used AI to Shrink a 60-Minute Document Review to 15 Minutes
- Neutral Sentiment: Citi also announced redemptions of $3.15 billion of notes due in 2027, a routine balance-sheet management move that does not appear to be a major catalyst on its own. Citigroup Announces $2.75 Billion Redemption…
- Neutral Sentiment: Several headlines about Citi’s stock becoming overextended and the broader market looking “frothy” may temper enthusiasm, but they read more like caution flags than direct negatives for the company’s fundamentals. The stock market is at its frothiest…
Insider Activity
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Evercore set a $139.00 price objective on shares of Citigroup in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $139.00 price objective on shares of Citigroup in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their price target on shares of Citigroup from $140.00 to $153.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Citigroup from $160.00 to $162.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Citigroup from $140.00 to $144.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Citigroup presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $137.62.
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Citigroup Trading Down 1.9%
Shares of C opened at $132.62 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $124.87 and its 200 day moving average is $116.75. Citigroup Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $76.11 and a fifty-two week high of $135.83. The stock has a market capitalization of $226.19 billion, a PE ratio of 16.43, a P/E/G ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.59, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 0.99.
Citigroup (NYSE:C – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 14th. The company reported $3.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.63 by $0.43. Citigroup had a net margin of 9.35% and a return on equity of 9.19%. The business had revenue of $24.63 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $22.96 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.96 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that Citigroup Inc. will post 10.68 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Citigroup announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Thursday, May 7th that authorizes the company to repurchase $30.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 13.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.
Citigroup Announces Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, May 4th were paid a $0.60 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, May 4th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.8%. Citigroup’s dividend payout ratio is 29.74%.
Citigroup Company Profile
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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