Is Citigroup a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 65.5% of Citigroup's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +20.1% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +5.5% vs its sector, across 4018 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
65.5%profitable calls
+20.1%avg gain / call
+5.5%vs sector
4018scored calls

In which sectors is Citigroup reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Tech74772.2%+49.2%+62.1%+72.1% (232)
Industry63370.3%+24.0%+29.7%+6.0% (194)
Comm.19472.7%+28.8%+27.7%+4.4% (34)
Energy20550.2%+6.9%+25.9%+10.7% (38)
Cons. disc.52464.3%+12.9%+17.0%-1.3% (99)
Materials26960.2%+10.9%+13.3%+5.7% (81)
Health42664.6%+11.0%+12.8%+8.0% (78)
Finance54466.9%+9.9%+10.9%+10.9% (60)
Utilities6152.5%+3.4%+10.9%-2.8% (9)
Real estate15563.2%+8.8%+8.7%0.0% (25)
Cons. staples24852.8%+2.4%+2.5%-1.8% (37)
Crypto1250%-7.5%-7.0%+1.0% (6)

The 25 stocks Citigroup performed best on

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
FCX Freeport-McMoRan616.7%+31.5%+417.7%+50.4% (3)
STX Seagate Technology8100%+382.6%+382.6%+126.7% (12)
WDC Western Digital2365.2%+193.7%+303.9%+109.2% (12)
COHR Coherent Corp.7100%+178.8%+178.8%+11.2% (2)
VRT Vertiv1586.7%+175.0%+175.0%+16.3% (8)
CIEN Ciena1181.8%+118.0%+163.6%+44.3% (4)
EXPE Expedia Group757.1%+40.5%+145.3%
JCI Johnson Controls650%+20.7%+133.7%
MU Micron Technology2470.8%+111.5%+129.6%+197.2% (14)
NVDA Nvidia2596%+117.5%+127.6%+26.8% (6)
OXY Occidental Petroleum540%+30.0%+127.5%
APP AppLovin1266.7%+115.3%+115.3%-34.8% (5)
MPWR Monolithic Power Systems5100%+109.6%+109.6%+29.0% (3)
GLW Corning Inc.1376.9%+61.2%+107.1%+27.9% (9)
FANG Diamondback Energy683.3%+50.6%+92.5%
AMAT Applied Materials3183.9%+56.5%+80.7%+34.9% (6)
META Meta Platforms16100%+77.1%+77.1%
DELL Dell Technologies2176.2%+55.8%+76.3%+149.8% (7)
CVNA Carvana1877.8%+88.9%+75.7%+7.1% (4)
GE GE Aerospace11100%+66.3%+66.3%+9.4% (5)
NFLX Netflix966.7%+44.3%+64.9%+5.8% (1)
AVGO Broadcom1994.7%+50.7%+61.3%+4.7% (7)
JBL Jabil757.1%+27.3%+60.7%
PWR Quanta Services1883.3%+39.6%+60.7%+13.6% (7)
LYB LyondellBasell650%+15.9%+59.7%-5.1% (4)
% profitable = share of its calls that made money (1 year). Avg gain / call = average absolute gain per call (winners and losers). Point-in-time, S&P 500 backtest.

❓ Citigroup: frequently asked questions

Is Citigroup a reliable analyst? How accurate are their price targets?

Over 12 months, 65.5% of Citigroup's targets were profitable, averaging +20.1% per call (+5.5% vs their sector), across 4018 timestamped calls. Verdict: fairly reliable. We judge on real results, not reputation — the call-by-call detail is further up this page.

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