Citigroup Inc.

NYSE:C Stock Report

Market Cap: US$147.3b

Citigroup Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$137.30
Fair Value
42.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
19
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: C ($79.46) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($137.3)

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 Ratio13x
EarningsUS$11.46b
Market CapUS$147.31b

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 Average13.7x
WFC Wells Fargo
14.2x7.2%US$261.4b
PNC PNC Financial Services Group
14.2x9.6%US$78.8b
USB U.S. Bancorp
12.5x8.1%US$74.0b
BAC Bank of America
14.1x6.5%US$355.5b
C Citigroup
13x16.9%US$147.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: C is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x) compared to the peer average (13.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FRCB First Republic Bank
0.02xn/aUS$27.98m
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 13.0xIndustry Avg. 12.2xNo. of Companies90PE0612182430+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: C is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x) compared to the US Banks industry average (12.2x).

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 Ratio13x
Fair PE Ratio20.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: C is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (13x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.1x).

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$79.46
US$91.29
+14.9%
12.7%US$116.00US$70.00n/a19
Jan ’26US$70.39
US$80.25
+14.0%
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$43.00US$81.4323
Jan ’25US$51.44
US$53.91
+4.8%
20.3%US$85.00US$40.00US$70.3923
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
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 19 Analysts
US$91.29
Fair Value
13.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
19
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 Analysis2025/02/05 05:12
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/05 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Citigroup Inc. is covered by 60 analysts. 15 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
Jason GoldbergBarclays