Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

NYSE:CFG Stock Report

Market Cap: US$16.0b

Citizens Financial Group Valuation

Is CFG 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 CFG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CFG ($35.52) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($59.26)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CFG key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenuen/a
Enterprise Value/EBITDAn/a
PEG Ratio0.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CFG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average10.6x
RF Regions Financial
10.5x5.8%US$17.8b
HBAN Huntington Bancshares
12.3x13.8%US$19.8b
EWBC East West Bancorp
9.6x2.6%US$10.5b
MTB M&T Bank
10x2.5%US$24.5b
CFG Citizens Financial Group
12.5x18.7%US$16.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CFG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.5x) compared to the peer average (10.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a7.7%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CFG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.5x) compared to the US Banks industry average (9.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CFG'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.

CFG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio12.5x
Fair PE Ratio17.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CFG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (12.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.3x).


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 CFG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$35.52
US$38.65
+8.8%
6.5%US$43.00US$35.00n/a19
Apr ’25US$35.64
US$37.97
+6.5%
6.3%US$42.00US$34.50n/a19
Mar ’25US$31.63
US$37.28
+17.9%
6.9%US$42.00US$33.00n/a19
Feb ’25US$31.18
US$36.86
+18.2%
7.9%US$42.00US$31.00n/a19
Jan ’25US$33.14
US$33.39
+0.8%
14.3%US$42.00US$25.00n/a18
Dec ’24US$28.52
US$31.11
+9.1%
14.3%US$42.00US$25.00n/a18
Nov ’24US$23.17
US$31.74
+37.0%
15.1%US$42.00US$25.00n/a19
Oct ’24US$26.80
US$33.88
+26.4%
12.5%US$44.00US$27.00n/a20
Sep ’24US$28.63
US$34.45
+20.3%
11.5%US$44.00US$27.00n/a21
Aug ’24US$31.10
US$34.24
+10.1%
13.1%US$44.00US$27.00n/a21
Jul ’24US$26.08
US$34.24
+31.3%
15.4%US$44.00US$25.00n/a21
Jun ’24US$26.39
US$35.83
+35.8%
14.9%US$52.00US$28.00n/a20
May ’24US$28.82
US$36.65
+27.2%
14.0%US$52.00US$28.00n/a20
Apr ’24US$30.37
US$44.93
+47.9%
14.3%US$57.00US$29.00US$35.6420
Mar ’24US$41.61
US$47.58
+14.3%
9.3%US$57.00US$38.00US$31.6320
Feb ’24US$43.66
US$46.90
+7.4%
9.2%US$57.00US$38.00US$31.1820
Jan ’24US$39.37
US$46.45
+18.0%
9.2%US$55.00US$38.00US$33.1420
Dec ’23US$41.98
US$46.16
+10.0%
8.9%US$55.00US$38.00US$28.5219
Nov ’23US$40.44
US$45.24
+11.9%
11.3%US$55.00US$33.00US$23.1719
Oct ’23US$34.36
US$45.37
+32.0%
11.8%US$55.00US$33.00US$26.8019
Sep ’23US$36.63
US$46.68
+27.4%
13.0%US$56.00US$33.00US$28.6319
Aug ’23US$37.58
US$46.47
+23.7%
13.4%US$56.00US$33.00US$31.1019
Jul ’23US$36.12
US$49.63
+37.4%
14.2%US$62.00US$33.00US$26.0819
Jun ’23US$40.04
US$52.47
+31.1%
13.8%US$62.00US$33.00US$26.3919
May ’23US$39.40
US$54.39
+38.1%
10.2%US$62.00US$45.00US$28.8219
Apr ’23US$44.19
US$59.95
+35.7%
6.7%US$70.00US$50.00US$30.3719

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


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