Citizens Financial Group key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Citizens Financial Group had return on equity of 7.2% and a net margin of 22.2%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2012Dec 2012 | 2013Dec 2013 | 2014Dec 2014 | 2015Dec 2015 | 2016Dec 2016 | 2017Dec 2017 | 2018Dec 2018 | 2019Dec 2019 | 2020Dec 2020 | 2021Dec 2021 | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 13.1% | −73.0% | 17.4% | 17.4% | 19.9% | 28.9% | 28.1% | 27.6% | 15.3% | 34.9% | 25.8% | 19.6% | 19.3% | 22.2% | 25.4% |
| Return on equity | 2.7% | −15.8% | 4.5% | 4.3% | 5.3% | 8.3% | 8.4% | 8.3% | 4.7% | 10.1% | 8.8% | 6.7% | 6.2% | 7.2% | 8.8% |
| Return on assets | — | −2.8% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.0% |
| Effective tax rate | 37.2% | — | 31.8% | 33.5% | 31.9% | 13.6% | 21.2% | 20.4% | 18.6% | 22.1% | 21.9% | 20.8% | 20.1% | 21.3% | 21.4% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 23.3% | — | 91.3% | 8.5% | 23.1% | 19.5% | 27.4% | 34.5% | 63.6% | 28.9% | 37.6% | 50.2% | 51.0% | 41.2% | 35.0% |
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Citizens Financial Group's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 10 / 20
Net income has been a median 0.9% of total assets over 10 years.
- Durability 17 / 20
Net margin has been a median 25.0%; its worst year was 15.4%.
- Discipline 17 / 20
The diluted share count rose 0.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 1.0% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (72 before it).
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