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Should You Buy #1 (Strong Buy)-Ranked Citigroup (C) for Your Portfolio?

Citigroup was upgraded to the Zacks Rank #1 list on January 22, 2025. The Zacks Rank is a unique stock-rating model that helps you take advantage of earnings estimate revision trends and provides a way to get into stocks highly sought after by institutional investors.

Headquartered in New York, $Citigroup Inc(C-N)$. is a globally diversified financial services holding company providing a range of financial products and services including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services and wealth management to consumers, corporations, governments and institutions. Citigroup has around 200 million customer accounts in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions.

Eight analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2025. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.34 to $7.51 per share. C boasts an average earnings surprise of 17.1%.

Earnings are expected to grow 26.2% for the current fiscal year, while revenue is projected to increase 3.4%.

C has been moving higher over the past four weeks as well, up 15.2% compared to the S&P 500's gain of 0.8%.

Bottom Line

With a #1 (Strong Buy) ranking, positive trend in earnings estimate revisions, and strong market momentum, Citigroup could be just the stock to help your portfolio generate returns that could fund your retirement, your kids' college tuition, or your short- and long-term savings goals.

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