Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) earnings on July 16, 2026
More Citizens Financial Group, Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
Citizens Financial shares rose after earnings, helped by an analyst upgrade and higher price target.
CFG price around the earnings
74.40
Change: +4.6%
2026-07-16, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
70.90
72.12
73.33
74.55
71.12
July 16, 2026
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- End of the measured window
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- Starting price
Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate
- Thesis published
Strong analyst support and consistent earnings beats, but a significant run-up suggests expectations are priced.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Consistent positive trajectory with a significant run-up, suggesting expectations are increasingly priced in.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.61
- Analysts covering the stock
- 17
- Average price target
- 77
- Lowest price target
- 68
- Highest price target
- 85
- Upside to price target
- 8.3%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 38.6%
- Revenue growth
- 13.8%
- Forward EPS
- 6.44
- Trailing EPS
- 4.27
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 8
- Strong buy: 5
- Buy: 10
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 5
- Buy
- 10
- Hold
- 3
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- July 15, 2026 · Cantor Fitzgerald: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- July 7, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- July 6, 2026 · Evercore ISI Group: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
- July 6, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- July 6, 2026 · Baird: Downgrades rating (Outperform → Neutral)
- June 29, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- June 24, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
- June 23, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Neutral
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (9)
- Cantor Fitzgerald Maintains Overweight on Citizens Financial Group, Raises Price Target to $80 — Benzinga
- Citizens Financial Gears Up For Q2 Print; Here Are The Recent Forecast Changes From Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts — Benzinga
- UBS Maintains Buy on Citizens Financial Group, Raises Price Target to $82 — Benzinga
- Evercore ISI Group Maintains Outperform on Citizens Financial Group, Raises Price Target to $80 — Benzinga
- JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on Citizens Financial Group, Raises Price Target to $76 — Benzinga
- Baird Downgrades Citizens Financial Group to Neutral, Announces $72 Price Target — Benzinga
- Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight on Citizens Financial Group, Raises Price Target to $79 — Benzinga
- Live On CNBC, Josh Brown Hosts Segment Titled "Josh's Best Stocks In The Market: Citizens Financial Group" — Benzinga
- Truist Securities Maintains Hold on Citizens Financial Group, Raises Price Target to $72 — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.1%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -1.4%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +2.4%
- 30-day change (30d)
- +17.1%
- 30-day relative strength
- +17.1%
- Benchmark change (0d)
- +0.0%
- Nearest support
- 70.99
- Nearest resistance
- 71.79
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 1.28
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +3.1%
- April 16, 2026: actual EPS 1.13 vs estimate 1.09 (surprise +3.7%)
- January 21, 2026: actual EPS 1.13 vs estimate 1.11 (surprise +2.2%)
- October 15, 2025: actual EPS 1.05 vs estimate 1.03 (surprise +2.3%)
- July 17, 2025: actual EPS 0.92 vs estimate 0.88 (surprise +4.1%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 2.1%
- 75th percentile move
- 3.9%
- 90th percentile move
- 6.5%
- Up / down moves
- 11 / 8
- Average up move
- +3.5%
- Average down move
- -2.1%
Monitoring and close
What Citizens Financial Group, Inc. reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Accurate
- Consolidated
- +4.6%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 5%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 0%