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Citigroup Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
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2 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Weak fundamentals
2 signals unavailable
Profitability
1/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
0/2
ROE at 6.8% trails the sector median 15.0% by -55%, and the F-Score of 3/9 places the fundamentals in the bottom tier of the Financials sector. FCF yield at -51.5% runs -1,229% below the sector median 4.6% — a wide gap that the income statement alone does not explain. Against that backdrop, the P/B of 1.1× sits -60% below the sector median 2.9×, so the stock is not priced at a premium relative to book value. The composite of 34/100 against the sector median reflects the tension: weak quality, middling price. On the forward axis, consensus aligns with the realized three-year EPS CAGR per SEC filings — an unusual case where the market's forecast and the track record point in the same direction — though that realized growth rate remains weak in absolute terms, and the beat rate over the last eight quarters has been strong.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXP | American Express | 4/9 | 34% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is weakening; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When Citigroup reports on October 13, 2026, track whether ROE moves toward the sector median of 15.0% and whether FCF yield narrows its wide gap below peers. Also check the F-Score profitability sub-score — currently 1 out of 4 — for any improvement in net income or operating cash flow signals.
Pull Citigroup's most recent 10-K on SEC EDGAR and focus on management's discussion of return targets and capital allocation, given ROE running 55% below the sector median. The risk factors section should clarify what is pressuring the efficiency sub-score, which sits at 0 out of 2.
From the same-sector table in section 06, pick two or three companies yourself and line up one metric — P/B, ROE, or FCF yield. Citigroup's P/B of 0.57× sits 60% below the sector median of 2.87×, which makes it a useful reference point when reading across the alphabetical list.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -55%-512%+67%-183%
Over 4 years: 10.83———
Over 4 years: +5%+4%+3%+6%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 7 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
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| BAC | Bank of America | 5/9 | 10% | +7% | — |
| BLK | BlackRock | 3/9 | 11% | +19% | 29% |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | 3/9 | 7% | +6% | — |
| CB | Chubb | 6/9 | 15% | +7% | — |
| GS | Goldman Sachs | 5/9 | 14% | +9% | — |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase | 3/9 | 16% | +3% | — |
| MA | Mastercard | 7/9 | 210% | +16% | 58% |
| MS | Morgan Stanley | 3/9 | 16% | +14% | — |
| PGR | Progressive | 6/9 | 40% | +16% | — |
| SCHW | Charles Schwab | 5/9 | 18% | +22% | — |
| SPGI | S&P Global | 7/9 | 14% | +8% | 42% |
| USB | U.S. Bancorp | 7/9 | 12% | +4% | — |
| V | Visa | 5/9 | 64% | +11% | 60% |
| WFC | Wells Fargo | 3/9 | 12% | +2% | — |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.