On September 1, 2023 at 15:42:25 ET an unusually large $2,293.75K block of Put contracts in Citigroup (C) was sold, with a strike price of $60.00 / share, expiring in 140 day(s) (on January 19, 2024). Fintel tracks all large options trades, and the premium spent on this trade was 1.33 sigmas above the mean, placing it in the 90.74th percentile of all recent large trades made in C options.
This trade was first picked up on Fintel’s real time Options Flow tool, where unusual option trades are highlighted.
What is the Fund Sentiment?
There are 2557 funds or institutions reporting positions in Citigroup. This is a decrease of 9 owner(s) or 0.35% in the last quarter. Average portfolio weight of all funds dedicated to C is 0.48%, a decrease of 6.57%. Total shares owned by institutions decreased in the last three months by 1.09% to 1,502,216K shares. The put/call ratio of C is 0.82, indicating a bullish outlook.
Analyst Price Forecast Suggests 35.56% Upside
As of August 31, 2023, the average one-year price target for Citigroup is 55.97. The forecasts range from a low of 45.45 to a high of $99.75. The average price target represents an increase of 35.56% from its latest reported closing price of 41.29.
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The projected annual revenue for Citigroup is 78,049MM, an increase of 10.23%. The projected annual non-GAAP EPS is 6.58.
What are Other Shareholders Doing?
VTSMX – Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares holds 57,637K shares representing 2.99% ownership of the company. In it’s prior filing, the firm reported owning 56,964K shares, representing an increase of 1.17%. The firm decreased its portfolio allocation in C by 8.34% over the last quarter.
Berkshire Hathaway holds 55,245K shares representing 2.87% ownership of the company. No change in the last quarter.
VFINX – Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares holds 46,351K shares representing 2.41% ownership of the company. In it’s prior filing, the firm reported owning 45,195K shares, representing an increase of 2.50%. The firm decreased its portfolio allocation in C by 8.79% over the last quarter.
Geode Capital Management holds 36,038K shares representing 1.87% ownership of the company. In it’s prior filing, the firm reported owning 35,179K shares, representing an increase of 2.38%. The firm decreased its portfolio allocation in C by 9.04% over the last quarter.
Fisher Asset Management holds 27,068K shares representing 1.41% ownership of the company. In it’s prior filing, the firm reported owning 21,888K shares, representing an increase of 19.14%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in C by 10.79% over the last quarter.
Citigroup Declares $0.53 Dividend
On July 20, 2023 the company declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.53 per share ($2.12 annualized). Shareholders of record as of August 7, 2023 received the payment on August 25, 2023. Previously, the company paid $0.51 per share.
At the current share price of $41.29 / share, the stock’s dividend yield is 5.13%.
Looking back five years and taking a sample every week, the average dividend yield has been 3.51%, the lowest has been 2.44%, and the highest has been 5.76%. The standard deviation of yields is 0.76 (n=236).
The current dividend yield is 2.14 standard deviations above the historical average.
Additionally, the company’s dividend payout ratio is 0.30. The payout ratio tells us how much of a company’s income is paid out in dividends. A payout ratio of one (1.0) means 100% of the company’s income is paid in a dividend. A payout ratio greater than one means the company is dipping into savings in order to maintain its dividend – not a healthy situation. Companies with few growth prospects are expected to pay out most of their income in dividends, which typically means a payout ratio between 0.5 and 1.0. Companies with good growth prospects are expected to retain some earnings in order to invest in those growth prospects, which translates to a payout ratio of zero to 0.5.
The company’s 3-Year dividend growth rate is 0.04%, demonstrating that it has increased its dividend over time.
Citigroup Background Information
(This description is provided by the company.)
Citigroup Inc. or citi is an American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation headquartered in New York City. The company was formed by the merger of banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate Travelers Group in 1998. Citigroup is the third largest banking institution in the United States; alongside JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, it is one of the Big Four banking institutions of the United States. Citigroup is ranked 30th on the Fortune 500 as of 2019. Citigroup has over 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries. It has 204,000 employees.
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