Citigroup Inc. · C · FY2024 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2024

Citi: Fee growth and transformation progress offset execution risks

Citi's Q3 results support a constructive but conditional thesis: fee growth, wealth momentum, and transformation progress provide operating support, while expense execution, regulatory work, rates, and credit normalization could limit the pace of improvement.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $202.33B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.51 Consensus $1.31
EPS surprise +15.3% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $20.32B Consensus $19.86B
Revenue surprise +2.3% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -5.1% Event window
SPY move -0.8% Same window
Abnormal move -4.3% Stock minus SPY
Volume 3.0× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +10.2% Up to 20 sessions
CSPY benchmark

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What changed

Compared with the prior quarter, Citi reported continued fee-led growth and positive operating leverage, with wealth investment assets up 24% year over year and RoTCE improving to 8.5%. Management also highlighted further regulatory-remediation progress, including closure of a third AML/BSA consent order, while expense guidance stayed at the high end of its range.

Guidance delta

Maintained; full-year expense guidance remains at the high end of the $51-$53 billion range.

Key takeaways

  • Q3 revenue increased 3%, with double-digit fee growth and positive operating leverage across businesses.
  • Wealth client investment assets increased 24% year over year, while RoTCE improved to 8.5%.
  • Transformation and regulatory remediation progressed, but expense execution and credit normalization remain key watch items.

Management priorities

  • Continue technology simplification, transformation, and cost reduction.
  • Expand fee businesses including Services, Wealth, and Markets.
  • Complete the Banamex separation and prepare for a planned IPO by the end of 2025.
  • Broaden private-credit partnerships and cross-border payment capabilities.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
C EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $0.73 Q4 '23 actual $0.84, beat Q1 '24 estimate $1.23 Q1 '24 actual $1.86, beat Q2 '24 estimate $1.39 Q2 '24 actual $1.52, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1.31 Q3 '24 actual $1.51, beat Q2 '25 estimate $1.66 Q2 '25 actual $1.96, beat Q3 '25 estimate $1.73 Q3 '25 actual $1.86, beat Q4 '25 estimate $1.80 Q4 '25 actual $1.19, miss Q1 '26 estimate $2.65 Q1 '26 actual $3.06, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2.72 Q2 '26 actual $3.15, beat Q3 '26 estimate $2.66 Q3 '26 actual $2.85, beat Q4 '26 estimate $2.33 Q1 '27 estimate $3.27 Q2 '27 estimate $3.30 Q3 '27 estimate $3.26
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy27 ratings
Bullish1763.0%
Neutral933.3%
Bearish13.7%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$120.62Current
$50Low
$114.05Average
$165High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 25, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainOct 14, 2026
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 14, 2026
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainOct 14, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 5, 2026
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 2, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $120.62. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
UBSAnalyst unavailable$148$122.74 +22.7%Oct 14, 2026
RBC CapitalGerard Cassidy$135$122.13 +11.9%Oct 14, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$135$122.76 +11.9%Oct 14, 2026
Loop Capital MarketsAnalyst unavailable$155$124.53 +28.5%Oct 13, 2026
Evercore ISIGlenn Schorr$140$129.53 +16.1%Oct 1, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Citigroup, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of financial products and services. It operates through the following segments: Services, Markets, Banking, Wealth, U.S. Personal Banking (USPB), and All Other. The Services segment includes Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) which provides an integrated suite of tailored cash management, trade, and working capital solutions to multinational corporations, financial institutions and public sector organizations, and Securities Services, which offers cross-border support for clients, providing on-the-ground local market expertise, post-trade technologies, customized data solutions, and a wide range of securities services solutions that can be tailored to meet client needs.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2024-10-17T05:10:49.140638+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-25T08:10:42.053956+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-25T08:10:42.050745+00:00

Methodology

Reported and consensus figures come from FN2's earnings event records. Market reaction and volume are calculated from daily adjusted bars around the event; abnormal move subtracts the SPY move over the same window.

Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-25. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.