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CitigroupCCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Major Banks

Global bank providing institutional banking/markets, US consumer banking and wealth management across many countries.

Momentum weak 37
Mkt cap
$200B
US dollars, full cap
$/day
$1.30B
20-day average traded
P/B
1.03×
price to book
ROE
9.1%
delivered
Implied ROE
10.9%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
BBB+ / BBB+
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
69 days
14 Jan 2027
Close · USD$119.05
1D+0.5%
1W-2.9%
1M-7.0%
3M-12.0%
6M-5.2%
YTD+3.0%
1Y+18.2%
ATR %3.1%
Beta1.27
52w lowhigh19.5% off high

What Citigroup does

Global bank providing institutional banking/markets, US consumer banking and wealth management across many countries.

Earns from interest on loans and credit cards and from fees for serving corporations that move money, trade and raise capital across borders, which is the most distinctive part. It has been exiting consumer businesses in many countries to concentrate on institutional clients, US cards and wealth.

Products and services

  • Institutional clients group (banking/markets)
  • US personal banking (branded cards)
  • Wealth management (Citi Private Bank)
  • Services (treasury/trade solutions)

Customers

  • Multinational corporations
  • Institutional investors
  • US retail/credit card customers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Institutional banking & markets
  • US consumer banking & wealth management

What could go right

  • Services (treasury/trade) revenue growth
  • Simplification/restructuring efficiency gains

What could go wrong

  • Ongoing regulatory consent-order remediation costs
  • Emerging market credit/currency risk

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, brand). Unmatched cross-border transaction banking network is difficult for domestically focused banks to replicate.

Headquarters: New York, New York, US · Founded: 1812 · Employees: 226,000

Named competitors

Citigroup at a glance

Size Citigroup (C) is a United States Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $200B, the 58th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $119.05 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.2%, against +11.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 4.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.0%); the operating margin is 28.7% (peer median 37.0%).

Valuation It trades at 1.03× book value against a peer median of 1.60× (5th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.9%; Citigroup delivers 9.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Credit Citigroup has 116 bonds outstanding ($180B), rated BBB+ by the agencies and trading like BBB+ at a weighted spread of 93 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 1.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 14 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 113C 95
Six months, rebased to 100: Citigroup against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Citigroup financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$178B$169B$171B$157B$102B
Revenue growth—-1%+9%+55%—
Net income$19.1B$14.1B$12.5B$9.05B$14.7B
Free cash flown/a$22.3B$5.78B-$4.09B$17.3B
Capital expendituren/a$6.52B$6.50B$6.58B$5.63B
Total debt$817B$719B$594B$594B$524B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Citigroup competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+10%+20%-10%0%+10%CBATDSAN83063968600036WFCD058316RYBBVAHSBA601988UCGHDFCBANKCOFBACBNPC6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Citigroup is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%12%14%16%10×20×30×CBATDSAN83063968600036D058316RYBBVAHSBA601988UCGHDFCBANKCOFISPBMOBACBNPCReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Citigroup is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%10%20%30%CBATDSAN83063968600036WFCD058316RYBBVAUCGHDFCBANKCOFCROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Citigroup is the large dot.

Citigroup competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (C vs JPM vs BAC vs HSBA.L)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Citigroup C$200B-5%+5%9%1.03×10.9%
JPMorgan Chase JPM$889B+11%+9%18%2.53×20.7%
Bank of America BAC$341B-3%-1%11%1.26×12.9%
HSBC HSBA.L$301B-1%-4%14%1.51×17.5%
Wells Fargo WFC$252B+11%+6%13%1.59×13.3%

How Citigroup compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Citigroup against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureCPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-7.0%+2.1%4th lowest of 21
6-month return-5.2%+11.5%lowest of 21
Return on equity9.1%13.2%lowest of 21
Price / book1.03×1.60×5th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E11.6×11.8×9th cheapest of 20
ROE the price implies10.9%15.8%6th least demanding of 21
ROE delivered9.1%13.3%lowest of 20
Bond spread93 bp79 bp5th widest of 14

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Citigroup CUnited States$200B-5%+5%9%1.03×10.9%9.1%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia CBA.AXAustralia$194B+9%+1%14%3.56×33.3%13.9%
Toronto-Dominion Bank TD.TOCanada$208B+18%-11%13%2.48×15.3%12.8%
Banco Santander SAN.MCSpain$174B+4%+15%13%1.40×17.1%13.1%
Mitsubishi Ufj Financial 8306.TJapan$230B+14%+11%13%1.60×11.2%12.6%
Cm Bank 3968.HKHong Kong$165B+16%+3%13%0.99×10.2%13.3%
China Merchants Bank 600036.SSChina$164B+12%+9%14%0.94×5.4%13.6%
Wells Fargo WFCUnited States$252B+11%+6%13%1.59×13.3%12.9%
DBS D05.SISingapore$155B+19%-5%16%2.83×21.4%16.3%
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 8316.TJapan$145B+35%+11%11%1.42×10.0%11.2%
Royal Bank of Canada RY.TOCanada$281B+15%+5%16%2.94×18.4%16.2%
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria BBVA.MCSpain$140B+20%+9%20%2.15×24.8%19.6%
HSBC HSBA.LUnited Kingdom$301B-1%-4%14%1.51×17.5%13.6%
Bank of China 601988.SSChina$301B+19%-3%9%0.79×2.8%n/a
UniCredit UCG.MIItaly$130B+6%+2%17%1.77×25.8%17.3%
HDFC Bank HDFCBANK.NSIndia$129B-1%+5%14%2.00×24.8%13.9%
Capital One COFUnited States$121B+7%+26%9%1.11×11.1%9.3%
Intesa Sanpaolo ISP.MIItaly$120B+6%-6%16%1.81×20.7%16.4%
Bank of Montreal BMO.TOCanada$120B+16%-2%11%2.14×16.4%10.6%
Bank of America BACUnited States$341B-3%-1%11%1.26×12.9%10.7%
BNP Paribas BNP.PAFrance$114B0%+8%11%0.84×10.4%10.9%

Citigroup bonds and credit

Citigroup has 116 bonds outstanding with $180B face value. The agencies rate it BBB+; its bonds trade like BBB+. Weighted yield 5.56%, a spread of 93 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Citigroup's main competitors?
Named competitors: JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), HSBC (HSBA.L), Wells Fargo (WFC). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA.AX), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO), Banco Santander (SAN.MC), Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (8306.T), Cm Bank (3968.HK), China Merchants Bank (600036.SS).
Is Citigroup expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.03× against a peer median of 1.60×, 5th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 10.9%; Citigroup delivers 9.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Citigroup stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -5.2% against +11.5% for the median peer; over one year +18.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.