71 West Capital Partners Invests $595,000 in Citigroup Inc. $C

71 West Capital Partners bought a new position in shares of Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:CFree Report) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor bought 5,096 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $595,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Citigroup during the fourth quarter worth $2,800,944,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Citigroup by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 163,239,926 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,048,467,000 after purchasing an additional 4,938,923 shares during the period. Capital World Investors grew its stake in shares of Citigroup by 6.5% during the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 47,262,626 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,797,292,000 after purchasing an additional 2,871,074 shares during the period. Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. acquired a new stake in shares of Citigroup during the fourth quarter worth $298,082,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in shares of Citigroup by 291.4% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 1,319,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $153,978,000 after purchasing an additional 2,008,946 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 71.72% of the company’s stock.

Citigroup Price Performance

NYSE C opened at $142.78 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $128.41 and a 200 day simple moving average of $118.75. Citigroup Inc. has a 52-week low of $77.11 and a 52-week high of $143.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.59, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 0.99. The stock has a market cap of $243.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.69, a PEG ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 1.12.

Citigroup (NYSE:CGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 14th. The company reported $3.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.63 by $0.43. Citigroup had a return on equity of 9.19% and a net margin of 9.35%.The business had revenue of $24.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $22.96 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.96 EPS. Citigroup’s revenue for the quarter was up 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts anticipate that Citigroup Inc. will post 10.68 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Citigroup announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, May 7th that permits the company to buyback $30.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 13.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

Citigroup Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, May 4th were paid a dividend of $0.60 per share. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, May 4th. Citigroup’s dividend payout ratio is presently 29.74%.

Key Stories Impacting Citigroup

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Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director John Cunningham Dugan sold 2,117 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $125.30, for a total transaction of $265,260.10. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,527,908.20. This represents a 14.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Edward Skyler sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $131.41, for a total value of $3,285,250.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 182,022 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $23,919,511.02. This represents a 12.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.11% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently commented on C. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Citigroup in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Truist Financial set a $147.00 price objective on Citigroup in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $145.00 price objective (up from $125.00) on shares of Citigroup in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. Zacks Research cut Citigroup from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Citigroup from $131.00 to $135.50 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $137.62.

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About Citigroup

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Citigroup (NYSE:C)

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