Citigroup, Inc.

Citigroup Details

Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C) is the leading global bank with around 200 million customer accounts. It provides various financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

Result Performance for the First Quarter Ended 31 March 2022 – (Q1FY22)

• The revenue stood at $19.2 billion, down 2% YoY, as the rise in net interest income in Services and PBWM was offset by non-interest revenue across Banking, Global Wealth Management, and lower revenues in Legacy Franchises.
• Net income stood at $4.3 billion, down 46% YoY, led by higher cost of credit, higher expenses, and lower revenues.
• Total allowance for credit losses on loans stood at $15.4 billion in Q1FY22, with a reserve-to-funded loans ratio of 2.35% versus $21.6 billion, or 3.29% of funded loans in Q1FY21.

Source: Company Reports, Analysis by Kalkine Group

Outlook

Citigroup continues to see the health and resilience of the U.S. consumer. The group realizes strong performance in key drivers like cards loan growth and vigorous purchase sales growth. While geopolitics dampened performance in Wealth Management, the group is hiring bankers, enhancing client offerings, and continuing to add clients in both the Private Bank and Citigold. While the group is making necessary investments in infrastructure, risk and controls and businesses, it remains committed to improving returns over the medium term.

Key Risks

The group is exposed to the risk of uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic that would adversely affect its businesses, results, and financial condition. Further, it is susceptible to the risk of changes in regulation and legislative uncertainties in the U.S. and globally. Moreover, it operates in a highly competitive environment, and the evolution of emerging technologies could fast-track disruption in the financial services industry.

Valuation Methodology: Price/BVPS Based Relative Valuation (Illustrative)

Technical Overview:

Daily Price Chart

Source: REFINITIV, Note: Purple color line reflects Relative Strength Index (14-Period)

Stock Information                                           

The company has delivered a 6-month and one-year return of ~-26.87% and ~-27.72%, respectively. The stock is trading lower than the average of the 52-week high price of $80.29 and the 52-week low price of $49.04.

The stock has been valued using a P/B multiple-based illustrative relative valuation, and the target price so arrived reflects a rise of low double-digit (in % terms). A slight premium has been applied to P/B Multiple (NTM) (Peer Average), considering its substantial capital, liquidity positions and business diversity.

Considering the aforementioned factors along with strategic investments towards growth, a “Buy” recommendation has been assigned on the stock at the closing market price of $52.31 per share, up 2.71% as of 18^th April 2022.

Citigroup, Inc. (C) is a part of Kalkine’s Global Big Money Product

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