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Citizens Financial Group (Citizens Financial Group) Graham Number

: $51.16 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-19), the stock price of Citizens Financial Group is $33.99. Citizens Financial Group's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $51.16. Therefore, Citizens Financial Group's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 0.69.

The historical rank and industry rank for Citizens Financial Group's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

CFG' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63   Med: 0.82   Max: 1.08
Current: 0.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Citizens Financial Group was 1.08. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 0.82.

CFG's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
53.44% of 1379 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.61 vs CFG: 0.70

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Citizens Financial Group Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Citizens Financial Group's Graham Number can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Citizens Financial Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 52.06 41.64 63.63 54.25 51.16

Citizens Financial Group Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Graham Number Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 55.89 54.59 51.25 51.16 48.47

Competitive Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Citizens Financial Group's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Citizens Financial Group Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Citizens Financial Group's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Citizens Financial Group's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Citizens Financial Group Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Citizens Financial Group's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*29.98*3.88)
=51.16

Citizens Financial Group's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*29.98*3.57)
=49.07

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Citizens Financial Group  (NYSE:CFG) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Citizens Financial Group's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=33.99/49.07
=0.69

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Citizens Financial Group (Citizens Financial Group) Business Description

Address
One Citizens Plaza, Providence, RI, USA, RI 02903
Citizens Financial Group is a bank holding company headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Its two primary business segments are consumer banking and commercial banking. Citizens offers a mix of retail and commercial products including capital markets and wealth options. The bank has over 1,000 branches in 14 states, although it is primarily concentrated in the Northeast. It has over $220 billion of total assets.
Executives
Terrance J. Lillis director C/O CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD., STAMFORD CT 06901
Shivan S. Subramaniam director CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD., CS119N, STAMFORD CT 06901
Kevin Cummings director 101 JFK PARKWAY, SHORT HILLS NJ 07078
Michele N Siekerka director 101 JFK PARKWAY, SHORT HILLS NJ 07078
Polly N. Klane officer: General Counsel C/O CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD., STAMFORD CT 06901
Michael Ruttledge officer: Chief Information Officer CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD., STAMFORD CT 06901
Lee Alexander director CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD. 11TH FLOOR, STAMFORD CT 06901
Christopher Swift director HARBORSIDE FINANCIAL CENTER, 3200 PLAZA 5, JERSEY CITY NJ 07311
Brendan Coughlin officer: Head of Consumer Banking CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC, 600 WASHINGTON BLVD. 11TH FLOOR, STAMFORD CT 06901
William P Hankowsky director C/O LIBERTY PROPERTY TRUST, 65 VALLEY STREAM PARKWAY, MALVERN PA 19355
Robert G Leary director CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD,, STAMFORD CT 06901
Charles John Koch director CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD., CS119N, STAMFORD CT 06901
Higdon Leo I Jr director 1700 LINCOLN STREET, 28TH FLOOR, DENVER CO 80203
Elizabeth S. Johnson officer: Chief Experience Officer CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD., STAMFORD CT 06901
Susan Lamonica officer: Chief Human Resources Officer CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 600 WASHINGTON BLVD. 11TH FLOOR, STAMFORD CT 06901