Company Analysis

Citigroup Inc. (C)

NYSE: C · National Commercial Banks · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.3
◀ Past 7.1● Present 4.0▶ Future 4.4

The grade of Citigroup Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.3/10
◀ Past7.140% of the headline
● Present4.035% of the headline
▶ Future4.425% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.1/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 75th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Citigroup Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 34th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Citigroup Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $71 billion in fiscal 2016 to $85 billion in fiscal 2025, up 2.1% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 5% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.1%bottom 1% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 31% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 11% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak4.8%top 46% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.6% a year. 92% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 11 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 91st percentile among 81 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Citigroup Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 1.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 92% of its net income over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 11 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 15% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.0/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
3.7/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 7%: 7¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 92%: owes 92¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 37th percentile among 83 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Citigroup Inc. earned about 7 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 92 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 3.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 7% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 14% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 41% of 79 in its family; net margin 16.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Citigroup Inc.'s standing among 79 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $85 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 5% by size; a net margin of 16.8% ranks in the bottom 18%; revenue growth of 4.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 8% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$85.22Btop 5% of its family
  • net margin16.8%bottom 18% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth4.2%bottom 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.3/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 43% of 74 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 74 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Citigroup Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Fraser, Jane Nind (Chair & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-11-23, 5 years (bottom 36% of its family); the 30 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.2 years (bottom 39%); 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 30 people in charge now (top 46%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge10 in three years among 30 peopletop 46% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.2 yearsbottom 39% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.0 yearsbottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.4/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
1.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 18% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 18th percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Citigroup Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $350 billion against debt of $316 billion leaves 1.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 35% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -87% of revenue (bottom 1%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets1.3%bottom 35% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-87.0%bottom 1% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 47% of 79 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 47th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Citigroup Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 4.2% a year over the last three filed years against 2.1% over all 10, speeding up (bottom 39% of its family); the newest year grew 5.6% (top 39%); capital spending grew 5% a year (bottom 42%) (its annual reports). Citigroup Inc. reported 5 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Markets at $22 billion, Services at $21 billion, US Personal Banking at $21 billion, and 2 more. 5 of 5 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 27% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.1 points a yearbottom 39% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.6%top 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending5.0%bottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 34% of 76 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 76 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Citigroup Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $85 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 2% above the $84 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 11% of its family); net income of $14 billion against a prior three-year average of $12 billion (bottom 41%); a net margin of 16.8% against 15.7% before (top 32%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.0%top 11% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+17%bottom 41% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+1.0 pointstop 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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