Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

BIT:1CFG Stock Report

Market Cap: €25.9b

Citizens Financial Group Valuation

Is 1CFG undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of 1CFG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: 1CFG (€61.46) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value (€100.32)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: 1CFG is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 1CFG?

Key metric: As 1CFG is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 1CFG. This is calculated by dividing 1CFG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 1CFG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16.2x
EarningsUS$1.83b
Market CapUS$29.54b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 1CFG's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 1CFG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15.1x
MB Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario
21.6x22.08%€21.9b
BPE BPER Banca
15.4x11.81%€29.1b
BAMI Banco BPM
11.5x2.85%€23.5b
BMPS Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
12.1x6.78%€34.2b
1CFG Citizens Financial Group
16.2x18.01%€29.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 1CFG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.2x) compared to the peer average (15.1x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 1CFG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Banks Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
1CFG 16.2xIndustry Avg. 11.9xNo. of Companies38PE0612182430+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 1CFG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.2x) compared to the European Banks industry average (11.9x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 1CFG's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

1CFG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.2x
Fair PE Ratio15.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 1CFG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.9x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst 1CFG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€61.46
€67.13
+9.23%
6.43%€74.39€59.51n/a17
Jul ’27€63.08
€65.52
+3.87%
5.99%€74.64€58.83n/a17
Jun ’27€52.18
€63.14
+21.00%
5.35%€68.93€54.28n/a16
May ’27€55.26
€62.06
+12.31%
5.24%€68.15€53.67n/a17
Apr ’27€52.71
€61.82
+17.28%
6.00%€67.35€54.39n/a20
Mar ’27€51.72
€61.67
+19.24%
5.49%€67.86€55.14n/a20
Feb ’27€52.98
€60.33
+13.87%
6.23%€67.34€52.61n/a20
Jan ’27€50.04
€54.17
+8.25%
7.04%€63.86€47.68n/a20
Dec ’26€47.09
€53.26
+13.11%
7.51%€64.61€48.24n/a20
Nov ’26€43.73
€53.63
+22.65%
7.51%€65.06€48.58n/a20
Oct ’26€45.05
€49.92
+10.80%
8.35%€60.48€44.29n/a20
Sep ’26€44.67
€47.42
+6.15%
5.97%€55.56€43.59n/a19
Aug ’26€40.27
€48.00
+19.19%
6.24%€56.13€44.04n/a19
Jul ’26€38.52
€40.49
+5.12%
8.57%€48.35€34.78€63.0819
Jun ’26€35.43
€41.58
+17.38%
8.92%€50.21€36.11€52.1819
May ’26€32.20
€40.59
+26.06%
7.27%€46.06€35.43€55.2617
Apr ’26n/a
€47.84
0%
7.31%€53.76€41.71€52.7118
Mar ’26n/a
€51.03
0%
7.48%€57.05€42.79€51.7218
Feb ’26n/a
€51.03
0%
8.38%€57.62€43.22€52.9818
Jan ’26n/a
€48.84
0%
9.90%€56.93€41.10€50.0418
Dec ’25n/a
€46.32
0%
9.41%€56.22€40.59€47.0918
Nov ’25n/a
€42.91
0%
4.06%€45.97€39.17€43.7318
Oct ’25n/a
€40.74
0%
6.29%€44.91€35.92€45.0518
Sep ’25n/a
€40.09
0%
7.60%€44.83€33.17€44.6719
Aug ’25n/a
€40.56
0%
8.39%€46.34€34.29€40.2719
Jul ’25n/a
€36.66
0%
6.23%€41.91€32.60€38.5219
€67.02
Fair Value
8.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
17
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/10 00:30
End of Day Share Price 2026/07/10 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is covered by 35 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
null nullArgus Research Company
David GeorgeBaird
Jason GoldbergBarclays