In the latest close session, Citigroup (C) was up +1.16% at $124.92. The stock’s performance was ahead of the S&P 500’s daily gain of 0.62%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw an upswing of 0.58%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq appreciated by 0.83%.
Coming into today, shares of the U.S. bank had gained 13.1% in the past month. In that same time, the Finance sector gained 0.87%, while the S&P 500 gained 0.8%.
The investment community will be closely monitoring the performance of Citigroup in its forthcoming earnings report. The company is scheduled to release its earnings on April 14, 2026. The company is predicted to post an EPS of $2.64, indicating a 34.69% growth compared to the equivalent quarter last year. In the meantime, our current consensus estimate forecasts the revenue to be $23.71 billion, indicating a 9.81% growth compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year.
Looking at the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $10.22 per share and revenue of $91.12 billion. These totals would mark changes of +28.23% and +6.91%, respectively, from last year.
Investors should also take note of any recent adjustments to analyst estimates for Citigroup. These recent revisions tend to reflect the evolving nature of short-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the business outlook.
Empirical research indicates that these revisions in estimates have a direct correlation with impending stock price performance. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.
The Zacks Rank system, ranging from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), possesses a remarkable history of outdoing, externally audited, with #1 stocks returning an average annual gain of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has shifted 0.05% downward. Citigroup currently has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, Citigroup currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 12.09. This denotes a discount relative to the industry average Forward P/E of 13.65.
We can additionally observe that C currently boasts a PEG ratio of 0.64. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock’s expected earnings growth rate. The Financial – Investment Bank industry had an average PEG ratio of 1.01 as trading concluded yesterday.
The Financial – Investment Bank industry is part of the Finance sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 173, which puts it in the bottom 30% of all 250+ industries.
