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
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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 REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $20B Q1 '24 actual $21B, beat Q2 '24 estimate $20B Q2 '24 actual $20B, beat Q3 '24 estimate $20B Q3 '24 actual $20B, beat Q2 '25 estimate $21B Q2 '25 actual $22B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $21B Q3 '25 actual $22B, beat Q4 '25 estimate $21B Q4 '25 actual $20B, miss Q1 '26 estimate $24B Q1 '26 actual $25B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $24B Q2 '26 actual $25B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $24B Q4 '26 estimate $23B Q1 '27 estimate $25B Q2 '27 estimate $25B
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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

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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
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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
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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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  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-09-25T03:20:56.446534+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-09-25T03:20:56.443575+00:00

Methodology

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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 2026-09-25. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.