Citizens Financial Group (CFG) Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Citizens Financial Group in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CFG shares.
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16 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Citizens Financial Group's shares. Their CFG share price forecasts range from $33.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $43.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 64.9% from the stock's current price.
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Citizens Financial Group's stock was trading at $39.37 at the start of the year. Since then, CFG shares have decreased by 33.5% and is now trading at $26.18.
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Citizens Financial Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,220,000 shares, an increase of 12.1% from the March 31st total of 16,250,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,920,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 18th 2023.
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Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CFG) released its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 19th. The bank reported $1.00 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.11. The bank had revenue of $2.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.14 billion. Citizens Financial Group had a net margin of 21.12% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.12%. Citizens Financial Group's revenue for the quarter was up 29.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.07 earnings per share.
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Citizens Financial Group announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 19th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Wednesday, May 17th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.42%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 2nd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT), Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB), First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF (FTXO), Emerge EMPWR Sustainable Dividend Equity ETF (EMCA), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), Proshares Equities For Rising Rates ETF (EQRR), Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST) and First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY).

Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.38%. CFG has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 40.48%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CFG will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.36% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Citizens Financial Group announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Friday, February 17th 2023, which permits the company to buyback $1,150,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 5.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

893 employees have rated Citizens Financial Group Chief Executive Officer Bruce Van Saun on Glassdoor.com. Bruce Van Saun has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

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Citizens Financial Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CFG."

Citizens Financial Group's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.89%), State Street Corp (5.28%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.58%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.43%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.11%) and Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (2.09%). Insiders that own company stock include Brendan Coughlin, Kevin Cummings, Shivan S Subramaniam and Terrance Lillis.
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Shares of CFG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CFG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.18.

Citizens Financial Group (NYSE:CFG) has a market capitalization of $12.67 billion and generates $9.07 billion in revenue each year. The bank earns $2.07 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.15 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 18,889 workers across the globe.

Citizens Financial Group's mailing address is One Citizens Plaza, Providence RI, 02903. The official website for the company is www.citizensbank.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (203) 900-6715 or via email at cfginvestorrelations@citizensbank.com.