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Citigroup Q4 Earnings on the Deck: How to Approach the Stock Now?

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Citigroup Q4 Earnings on the Deck: How to Approach the Stock Now? Citigroup Inc. C is slated to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results on Jan…
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  • The consensus estimate for earnings for the to-be-reported quarter has been revised downward to $1.65 over the past seven days, indicating a 23.1% rise from the prior-year quarter's actual

    80% confidence
  • Management expects IB fees to increase in the mid-20s (percentage) year over year in the fourth quarter

    80% confidence
  • Retail Services NCL is expected to be 5.75-6.25%

    80% confidence
  • Management expects NII (excluding Markets) to rise 5.5% on a year-over-year basis

    80% confidence
  • Citigroup expects market revenues to be down in the low to mid-single digit in the fourth quarter from a year ago

    80% confidence
  • Its earnings outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 13.19%

    80% confidence
  • Management anticipates expenses to be higher than $53.4 billion, including the impacts of FX translation and excluding the goodwill impairment

    80% confidence
  • The efficiency ratio is expected to be slightly less than 64%

    80% confidence
  • Branded Cards net credit loss (NCL) is expected to be 3.50-4%

    80% confidence
  • Citigroup expects revenues to cross $84 billion compared with the prior mentioned $84.1 billion

    80% confidence
  • The transaction is expected to result in a pre-tax loss of $1.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025

    80% confidence
  • The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fourth-quarter sales is pegged at $20.94 billion, indicating a 6.9% year-over-year increase

    80% confidence
  • The company is seeing continued momentum, particularly in M&A

    80% confidence

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Citigroup Inc. · forward pe ratio11.92 ratio
Citigroup Inc. · non accrual loans3.7 billion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · principal transactions income2.1 billion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · efficiency ratio64 percent
Citigroup Inc. · revenue20.94 billion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · revenue84 billion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · average interest earning assets2.5 trillion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · commissions and fees2.9 billion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · market revenue4.5 billion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · net interest income14.9 billion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · non interest income5.9 billion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · administration and fiduciary fees1.0 billion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · stock repurchase authorization remaining11.3 billion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · dividend per share0.60 USD
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · fed funds rate3.50-3.75 percent
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