Sidoti Csr Issues Negative Outlook for Citizens Earnings

Citizens, Inc. (NYSE:CIA) – Analysts at Sidoti Csr decreased their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for Citizens in a research note issued to investors on Monday, November 10th. Sidoti Csr analyst B. Mccarthy now expects that the insurance provider will post earnings of $0.08 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.09. The consensus estimate for Citizens’ current full-year earnings is $0.32 per share. Sidoti Csr also issued estimates for Citizens’ Q2 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.08 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.11 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.30 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $0.36 EPS.

Citizens (NYSE:CIA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The insurance provider reported $0.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.06 by $0.01. Citizens had a net margin of 4.57% and a return on equity of 6.42%. The business had revenue of $62.81 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $63.46 million.

A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Citizens in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen raised Citizens from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy”.

Citizens Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of NYSE:CIA opened at $5.71 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $286.75 million, a PE ratio of 25.94 and a beta of 0.41. Citizens has a 1 year low of $2.90 and a 1 year high of $6.36. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $5.58 and a 200 day moving average price of $4.58.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Citizens by 0.9% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,441,277 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $12,817,000 after acquiring an additional 21,783 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Citizens by 118.0% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,032,234 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $3,603,000 after purchasing an additional 558,840 shares during the last quarter. Truffle Hound Capital LLC boosted its holdings in Citizens by 85.7% in the 1st quarter. Truffle Hound Capital LLC now owns 700,000 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $3,185,000 after purchasing an additional 323,137 shares during the period. First Eagle Investment Management LLC grew its position in Citizens by 7.4% in the 2nd quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 598,750 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $2,090,000 after purchasing an additional 41,356 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Continental General Insurance Co. acquired a new stake in Citizens in the 2nd quarter worth $1,505,000. 13.73% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Citizens

Citizens, Inc provides life insurance products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Life Insurance and Home Service Insurance. The Life Insurance segment issues ordinary whole life insurance and endowment policies in the United States dollar-denominated amounts to non-U.S.