The stock of Citizens Financial Group Inc (CFG) has gone down by -0.90% for the week, with a -4.83% drop in the past month and a 6.92% rise in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.50%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 2.48% for CFG. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.08% for CFG’s stock, with a simple moving average of 10.47% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE: CFG) Right Now?
Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE: CFG) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 17.37x compared to its average ratio. CFG has 36-month beta value of 1.34. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 9 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 10 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CFG is 436.91M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.06% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CFG on January 14, 2025 was 4.19M shares.
CFG) stock’s latest price update
The stock price of Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE: CFG) has jumped by 1.99 compared to previous close of 43.30. Despite this, the company has seen a fall of -0.90% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-01-13 that CFG’s Q4 2024 results are expected to be hurt by a rising cost base and weak asset quality. However, a rise in NII and fee income are likely to offer support.
Analysts’ Opinion of CFG
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CFG stocks, with Raymond James repeating the rating for CFG by listing it as a “Strong Buy.” The predicted price for CFG in the upcoming period, according to Raymond James is $55 based on the research report published on December 18, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Piper Sandler gave a rating of “Overweight” to CFG, setting the target price at $41 in the report published on April 26th of the previous year.
CFG Trading at -2.50% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CFG to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -10.34% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.48%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.50%, as shares sank -4.48% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +4.55% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CFG fell by -0.90%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +26.82% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $44.13. In addition, Citizens Financial Group Inc saw 0.91% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CFG starting from Citizens Bank, National Associ, who proposed sale 18,878 shares at the price of $41.59 back on Nov 05 ’24. After this action, Citizens Bank, National Associ now owns shares of Citizens Financial Group Inc, valued at $785,136 using the latest closing price.
Read Craig Jack, the Former Officer of Citizens Financial Group Inc, proposed sale 3,604 shares at $44.11 during a trade that took place back on Oct 16 ’24, which means that Read Craig Jack is holding shares at $158,972 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CFG
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.17 for the present operating margin
- 0.99 for the gross margin
The net margin for Citizens Financial Group Inc stands at 0.13. The total capital return value is set at 0.01. Equity return is now at value 5.43, with 0.58 for asset returns.
Based on Citizens Financial Group Inc (CFG), the company’s capital structure generated 0.36 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.14. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.56. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.37.
When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.14. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.13.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Citizens Financial Group Inc (CFG) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
