Americana Partners LLC Cuts Stock Position in Citigroup Inc. $C

Americana Partners LLC cut its position in shares of Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 208,629 shares of the company’s stock after selling 11,287 shares during the quarter. Americana Partners LLC’s holdings in Citigroup were worth $21,176,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of C. Brookstone Capital Management raised its stake in Citigroup by 31.5% during the third quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 75,914 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,705,000 after buying an additional 18,176 shares during the last quarter. Permanent Capital Management LP bought a new position in shares of Citigroup during the third quarter valued at $1,238,000. Perigon Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Citigroup by 27.2% in the 3rd quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC now owns 75,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,670,000 after purchasing an additional 16,171 shares during the last quarter. Penobscot Investment Management Company Inc. raised its position in shares of Citigroup by 61.5% in the 3rd quarter. Penobscot Investment Management Company Inc. now owns 57,033 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,789,000 after purchasing an additional 21,720 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Keystone Financial Services bought a new position in Citigroup in the 2nd quarter worth about $216,000. Institutional investors own 71.72% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Citigroup

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• Positive Sentiment: Prominent market voice Jim Cramer called Citi “too, too cheap to ignore,” a high-visibility endorsement that can drive retail and momentum flows into the shares. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Stronger global growth outlook from the IMF (higher 2026 GDP forecasts, aided by AI investment and easing tariffs) improves the lending/markets backdrop and could lift Citi’s revenue opportunities across corporate and trading businesses. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent quarterly results showed an EPS beat (Citigroup delivered $1.81 vs. $1.65 consensus) but revenue missed estimates — a mixed report that supports valuation re-rating but leaves questions about top-line momentum. (Company Q4 release and market commentary)
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• Negative Sentiment: Policy and governance uncertainty at the Fed (coverage of probes and calls for overhaul) could increase rate volatility and market risk, which would affect trading revenue and capital-market activity for big banks like Citi. Article Title

Citigroup Trading Up 0.6%

Citigroup stock opened at $118.21 on Tuesday. Citigroup Inc. has a 52-week low of $55.51 and a 52-week high of $124.17. The company has a market cap of $211.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.96, a P/E/G ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 1.18. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.63. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $111.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $101.48.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 14th. The company reported $1.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.65 by $0.16. The company had revenue of $19.87 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.99 billion. Citigroup had a net margin of 8.50% and a return on equity of 8.28%. The firm’s revenue was up 2.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.34 earnings per share. Analysts predict that Citigroup Inc. will post 7.53 EPS for the current year.

Citigroup Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 2nd will be paid a $0.60 dividend. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.0%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 2nd. Citigroup’s dividend payout ratio is 34.43%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

C has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of Citigroup from $123.00 to $129.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Citigroup from $134.00 to $135.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. TD Cowen upped their price objective on Citigroup from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $141.00 target price on shares of Citigroup in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on Citigroup from $113.00 to $127.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Fourteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Citigroup presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $124.65.

About Citigroup

Citigroup Inc is a global financial services company headquartered in New York City with roots tracing back to the City Bank of New York, founded in 1812. The modern Citigroup was created through the 1998 merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group and has since operated as a diversified bank holding company that provides a broad range of banking and financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments and institutions worldwide.

Citi’s principal businesses include retail and commercial banking, credit card and consumer lending products, wealth management and private banking, and a full suite of institutional services.