Citigroup Inc.

NYSE:C Stock Report

Market Cap: US$130.9b

Citigroup Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: C ($69.19) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($105.02)

Significantly Below Fair Value: C is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for C. This is calculated by dividing C's market cap by their current earnings.
What is C's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio19.5x
EarningsUS$6.70b
Market CapUS$130.86b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does C's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for C vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average15x
WFC Wells Fargo
13.8x4.1%US$234.2b
PNC PNC Financial Services Group
16.2x13.4%US$76.5b
USB U.S. Bancorp
14.7x11.6%US$74.8b
BAC Bank of America
15.4x9.9%US$338.9b
C Citigroup
19.5x31.0%US$130.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: C is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.5x) compared to the peer average (15x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does C's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Banks Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FRCB First Republic Bank
0.02xn/aUS$27.98m
BKGM BankGuam Holding
1xn/aUS$18.48m
SBNY Signature Bank
0.002xn/aUS$2.18m
BCBH.F Caribbean Investment Holdings
0.00001xn/aUS$132.00
No more companies available in this PE range
C 19.5xIndustry Avg. 12.4xNo. of Companies83PE0612182430+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: C is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.5x) compared to the US Banks industry average (12.4x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is C'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.

C PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio19.5x
Fair PE Ratio25.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: C is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (19.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.4x).

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 C forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$69.19
US$80.25
+16.0%
14.9%US$110.00US$66.00n/a19
Dec ’25US$70.87
US$77.25
+9.0%
14.4%US$110.00US$66.00n/a19
Nov ’25US$63.71
US$73.88
+16.0%
9.1%US$91.00US$64.00n/a19
Oct ’25US$61.81
US$72.72
+17.7%
10.1%US$87.00US$63.00n/a19
Sep ’25US$62.64
US$72.24
+15.3%
9.6%US$87.00US$62.00n/a20
Aug ’25US$63.28
US$72.29
+14.2%
9.6%US$86.00US$62.00n/a20
Jul ’25US$63.43
US$68.25
+7.6%
10.5%US$85.00US$55.00n/a22
Jun ’25US$62.31
US$67.85
+8.9%
10.3%US$86.00US$55.00n/a22
May ’25US$61.35
US$67.85
+10.6%
10.3%US$86.00US$55.00n/a22
Apr ’25US$63.46
US$63.70
+0.4%
13.4%US$88.00US$50.00n/a22
Mar ’25US$55.60
US$61.23
+10.1%
15.3%US$95.00US$43.00n/a23
Feb ’25US$56.06
US$60.63
+8.1%
16.0%US$95.00US$43.00n/a23
Jan ’25US$51.44
US$53.91
+4.8%
20.3%US$85.00US$40.00n/a23
Dec ’24US$47.23
US$50.46
+6.8%
20.6%US$85.00US$40.00US$70.8723
Nov ’24US$39.60
US$50.89
+28.5%
19.5%US$82.00US$42.00US$63.7122
Oct ’24US$41.13
US$52.57
+27.8%
17.3%US$81.00US$43.00US$61.8122
Sep ’24US$41.59
US$53.32
+28.2%
17.6%US$85.00US$43.00US$62.6422
Aug ’24US$47.07
US$54.55
+15.9%
18.1%US$88.00US$45.00US$63.2822
Jul ’24US$46.04
US$55.89
+21.4%
17.2%US$84.00US$45.00US$63.4322
Jun ’24US$44.84
US$55.83
+24.5%
16.4%US$79.00US$45.00US$62.3122
May ’24US$47.25
US$56.74
+20.1%
15.3%US$78.00US$45.00US$61.3522
Apr ’24US$46.89
US$56.07
+19.6%
16.5%US$75.00US$41.00US$63.4622
Mar ’24US$51.50
US$56.98
+10.6%
18.3%US$87.00US$41.00US$55.6022
Feb ’24US$52.15
US$56.59
+8.5%
17.8%US$83.00US$41.00US$56.0622
Jan ’24US$45.23
US$55.91
+23.6%
20.2%US$87.00US$42.00US$51.4423
Dec ’23US$47.78
US$56.30
+17.8%
21.1%US$90.00US$42.00US$47.2322

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 Analysis2024/12/23 03:39
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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

Citigroup Inc. is covered by 60 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Stephen BiggarArgus Research Company
Jason GoldbergBarclays
Peter RichardsonBerenberg