Citigroup Inc. · C · FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2026

Citi pairs strong Q1 growth with maintained full-year targets

Citi’s Q1 results support a constructive operating trajectory: broad-based revenue growth, strong Services and Markets performance, positive operating leverage, and capital returns. The principal counterweights are regulatory requirements, consumer and corporate credit exposure, and execution on the final stage of transformation.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $226.56B market cap
90quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $3.06 Consensus $2.65
EPS surprise +15.5% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $24.63B Consensus $23.60B
Revenue surprise +4.4% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +2.6% Event window
SPY move +1.2% Same window
Abnormal move +1.4% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.2× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -2.4% Up to 20 sessions
CSPY benchmark

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What changed

The quarter showed stronger operating momentum across the core businesses, including a 17% increase in Services revenue and a 19% increase in Markets revenue. Management also highlighted a $4 trillion BlackRock ETF servicing win and said 90% of transformation programs were at or near target state, while full-year guidance was maintained.

Guidance delta

Management maintained its outlook for 5–6% net interest income growth excluding Markets and year-end ROTCE of 10–11%.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue increased 14% to $24.6 billion, with EPS of $3.06 and ROTCE of 13.1%.
  • Services revenue grew 17% and Markets revenue grew 19%, while management highlighted strong client demand and M&A activity.
  • Citi returned $6.3 billion through buybacks and reported a 12.7% CET1 ratio.

Management priorities

  • Continue organic growth across the five core businesses.
  • Complete the remaining transformation work while maintaining a 60% full-year efficiency-ratio target.
  • Advance AI, tokenization, capital-return planning, and the planned Banamex exit.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
C EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. 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 $2.68 Q4 '26 estimate $2.30 Q1 '27 estimate $3.30 Q2 '27 estimate $3.34
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy27 ratings
Bullish1659.3%
Neutral1037.0%
Bearish13.7%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$132.1Current
$50Low
$110.01Average
$165High

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

Firm-level rating actions

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

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainAug 3, 2026
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainJul 17, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainJul 15, 2026
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 15, 2026
B of A Securities Buy BuyMaintainJul 7, 2026
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainJul 6, 2026
Oppenheimer Perform OutperformDowngradeJun 30, 2026
Morgan Stanley Overweight OverweightMaintainJun 29, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainJun 18, 2026
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Outperform OutperformMaintainMay 8, 2026
Piper Sandler Overweight OverweightMaintainApr 15, 2026
Goldman Sachs Buy BuyMaintainApr 15, 2026
Barclays Overweight OverweightMaintainApr 15, 2026
Freedom Broker Buy BuyMaintainJan 29, 2026
TD Cowen Hold HoldMaintainOct 15, 2025
Argus Research Buy BuyMaintainMar 18, 2025
BMO Capital Market Perform Market PerformMaintainJul 15, 2024
Jefferies Hold HoldMaintainApr 8, 2024
HSBC Buy BuyMaintainMar 28, 2024
Wolfe Research Outperform Peer PerformUpgradeJan 3, 2024
Odeon Capital Buy HoldUpgradeJul 18, 2023
Credit Suisse Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 17, 2023
Deutsche Bank Hold HoldMaintainSep 12, 2022
Atlantic Equities Neutral OverweightDowngradeMar 3, 2022
Sterne Agee Buy BuyMaintainMay 22, 2012
JMP Securities Underperform Market PerformDowngradeMay 21, 2012
Meredith Whitney Advisory Group Hold UnderperformUpgradeApr 18, 2012
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $132.1. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
UBSAnalyst unavailable$142$132.44 +7.5%Aug 3, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$154$133.74 +16.6%Jul 15, 2026
Argus ResearchAnalyst unavailable$150$133.7 +13.6%Jul 15, 2026
Evercore ISIGlenn Schorr$143$142.62 +8.3%Jul 6, 2026
Morgan StanleyManan Gosalia$164$142.57 +24.1%Jun 29, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$158$142.41 +19.6%Jun 26, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$165$143.85 +24.9%Jun 18, 2026
OppenheimerAnalyst unavailable$145$130.16 +9.8%May 8, 2026
Truist FinancialJohn McDonald$147$129.49 +11.3%May 1, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$162$128.53 +22.6%Apr 29, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$139$130.79 +5.2%Apr 15, 2026
RBC CapitalGerard Cassidy$139$129.65 +5.2%Apr 15, 2026
Truist FinancialJohn McDonald$139$129.65 +5.2%Apr 15, 2026
Morgan StanleyManan Gosalia$144$129.65 +9.0%Apr 15, 2026
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$145$129.65 +9.8%Apr 15, 2026
Goldman SachsRichard Ramsden$151$129.65 +14.3%Apr 15, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$160$129.65 +21.1%Apr 15, 2026
BarclaysJason Goldberg$154$129.65 +16.6%Apr 15, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$133$112.41 +0.7%Mar 26, 2026
Morgan StanleyManan Gosalia$152$113.92 +15.1%Feb 17, 2026
UBSErika Najarian$132$116.96 -0.1%Jan 15, 2026
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$135$116.44 +2.2%Jan 15, 2026
OppenheimerChris Kotowski$144$112.41 +9.0%Jan 15, 2026
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$135$112.41 +2.2%Jan 15, 2026
Wolfe ResearchAnalyst unavailable$141$121.45 +6.7%Jan 7, 2026
HSBCAnalyst unavailable$87$121.02 -34.1%Jan 7, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$129$123.31 -2.3%Jan 6, 2026
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$127$123.31 -3.9%Jan 6, 2026
Wells FargoMike Mayo$150$122.7 +13.6%Jan 5, 2026
BarclaysJason Goldberg$146$118.69 +10.5%Jan 5, 2026
Truist FinancialJohn McDonald$123$113.62 -6.9%Dec 18, 2025
Wolfe ResearchSteven Chubak$121$111.28 -8.4%Dec 17, 2025
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$118$109.43 -10.7%Dec 10, 2025
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$120$109.43 -9.2%Dec 10, 2025
UBSErika Najarian$108$99.63 -18.2%Nov 24, 2025
Cowen & Co.Analyst unavailable$110$99.36 -16.7%Oct 15, 2025
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$134$101.62 +1.4%Oct 15, 2025
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$110$99.84 -16.7%Oct 15, 2025
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$115$99.84 -12.9%Oct 15, 2025
Goldman SachsRichard Ramsden$118$99.84 -10.7%Oct 14, 2025
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$129$103.42 -2.3%Sep 29, 2025
Wells FargoMike Mayo$125$99.54 -5.4%Sep 16, 2025
Truist FinancialJohn McDonald$105$93.82 -20.5%Sep 3, 2025
OppenheimerChris Kotowski$123$89.03 -6.9%Jul 16, 2025
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$103$88.78 -22.0%Jul 7, 2025
RBC CapitalGerard Cassidy$78$62.1 -41.0%Apr 16, 2025
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$84$58.13 -36.4%Apr 4, 2025
Bank of America SecuritiesEbrahim Poonawala$78$62.64 -41.0%Oct 16, 2024
OppenheimerChris Kotowski$91$62.64 -31.1%Oct 16, 2024
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$82$62.64 -37.9%Oct 16, 2024
Evercore ISIGlenn Schorr$64$62.64 -51.6%Oct 16, 2024
CFRAKenneth Leon$73$62.64 -44.7%Oct 15, 2024
Goldman SachsRichard Ramsden$71$57.95 -46.3%Sep 10, 2024
Piper SandlerScott Siefers$73$61.06 -44.7%Sep 3, 2024
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$79$64.3 -40.2%Jul 30, 2024
Goldman SachsRichard Ramsden$72$65.5 -45.5%Jul 15, 2024
OppenheimerChris Kotowski$85$61.55 -35.7%Jun 28, 2024
RBC CapitalGerard Cassidy$66$59.67 -50.0%Jun 17, 2024
Wells FargoMike Mayo$85$60.01 -35.7%Jun 13, 2024
CFRAKenneth Leon$71$63.02 -46.3%May 23, 2024
UBSErika Najarian$64$58.56 -51.6%Apr 15, 2024
BMO CapitalJames Fotheringham$63$59.68 -52.3%Apr 15, 2024
Goldman SachsRichard Ramsden$69$59.12 -47.8%Apr 12, 2024
JefferiesKen Usdin$65$61.96 -50.8%Apr 8, 2024
UBSErika Najarian$66$62.29 -50.0%Apr 4, 2024
Seaport GlobalJim Mitchell$75$61.69 -43.2%Apr 4, 2024
Evercore ISIGlenn Schorr$60$61.69 -54.6%Apr 4, 2024
Goldman SachsRichard Ramsden$68$57.09 -48.5%Mar 14, 2024
Piper SandlerPiper Sandler's$63$53.9 -52.3%Feb 14, 2024
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$65$54.11 -50.8%Jan 30, 2024
HSBCSaul Martinez$61$53.48 -53.8%Jan 10, 2024
OppenheimerChris Kotowski$88$46.29 -33.4%Jul 17, 2023
Roth CapitalSusan Roth Katzke$50$45.75 -62.1%Jul 17, 2023
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$41$48.71 -69.0%Jan 12, 2023
BarclaysJason Goldberg$64$49.98 -51.6%Jul 17, 2022
Morgan StanleyBetsy Graseck$57$46.87 -56.9%Jul 2, 2022
Piper SandlerJeffery Harte$62$46.87 -53.1%Jul 2, 2022
RBC CapitalGerard Cassidy$60$46.87 -54.6%Jul 2, 2022
BarclaysJason Goldberg$67$50.55 -49.3%Apr 11, 2022
Piper SandlerJeffery Harte$70$50.88 -47.0%Apr 8, 2022
KBWDavid Konrad$64$57.62 -51.6%Mar 3, 2022
Atlantic EquitiesJohn Heagerty$70$57.62 -47.0%Mar 3, 2022
Bank of America SecuritiesErika Najarian$90$57.62 -31.9%Mar 3, 2022
Deutsche BankMatt O'Connor$66$59.56 -50.0%Mar 2, 2022
Wells FargoMike Mayo$80$64.14 -39.4%Feb 20, 2022
OppenheimerChris Kotowski$107$63.65 -19.0%Jan 27, 2022
Evercore ISIGlenn Schorr$70$64.79 -47.0%Jan 18, 2022
Societe GeneraleAndrew T Lim$72$64.4 -45.5%Jan 6, 2022
Wolfe ResearchSteven Chubak$71$63.09 -46.3%Jan 4, 2022
Odeon Capital Group LLCRichard Bove$69.25$59.77 -47.6%Dec 15, 2021
Argus ResearchStephen Biggar$87$70.35 -34.1%Apr 16, 2021
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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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