With 4.66 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 4.95 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $36.0 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $35.41. The 52-week range on CFG shows that it touched its highest point at $49.25 and its lowest point at $32.60 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $47.06. With its current market cap of 15.50 billion, CFG has annualized dividend of $1.68 while the current yield stands at 4.74%. CFG paid its most recent dividend on 1738281600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1745971200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.10.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CFG was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.90%, but this was down by -14.29% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -24.25% while six-month performance fell -18.47%. The stock gained 9.38% in the past year, while it has lost -18.99% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CFG yields 3.14 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.91. For the next quarter, that number is 0.88. This implies an EPS growth rate of 22.96% for this year and 31.88% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 26.33% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -4.50%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 437.67 million CFG shares are outstanding with a float of 433.16 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-31, short shares totaled 9.18 million, which was 210.0 higher than short shares on 1740700800. In addition to Mr. Bruce Winfield Van Saun as the firm’s CEO & Chairman of the Board, Mr. John F. Woods serves as its Vice Chairman & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.00425 of CFG’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CFG since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With CFG analysts setting a high price target of 52.0 and a low target of 43.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 46.61111. Based on these targets, CFG could surge 46.69% to reach the target high and rise by 21.3% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 31.48% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3.0829 being high and $2.85594 being low. For CFG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.02616. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.05 and the low estimate is $0.96. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.01.
