Is Citigroup a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 65.6% of Citigroup's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +21.6% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +5.8% vs its sector, across 4098 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
65.6%profitable calls
+21.6%avg gain / call
+5.8%vs sector
4098scored calls

In which sectors is Citigroup reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
▸ Tech77172.5%+57.1%+72.4%+42.8% (217)
▸ Industry64870.4%+23.8%+29.2%-2.5% (190)
▸ Energy20650.5%+7.0%+25.8%+6.8% (40)
▸ Comm.19670.9%+27.2%+25.5%-3.1% (35)
▸ Cons. disc.53163.7%+12.5%+16.3%-6.0% (97)
▸ Materials27460.9%+11.1%+13.6%-3.2% (85)
▸ Health43464.7%+11.1%+12.8%+4.9% (73)
▸ Finance55366.9%+9.9%+11.0%+1.2% (53)
▸ Utilities6350.8%+3.1%+9.5%-3.4% (8)
▸ Real estate15563.2%+8.8%+8.7%-7.0% (26)
▸ Cons. staples25553.7%+3.0%+3.6%+3.7% (31)
▸ Crypto1250%-7.5%-7.0%+3.9% (7)

The 25 stocks Citigroup performed best on

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
▸ SNDK Sandisk3100%+2831.5%+2831.5%+105.1% (9)
▸ STX Seagate Technology9100%+380.4%+380.4%+65.7% (10)
▸ WDC Western Digital2466.7%+202.7%+311.0%+32.9% (10)
▸ FCX Freeport-McMoRan728.6%+36.5%+241.9%+15.8% (3)
▸ COHR Coherent Corp.7100%+178.8%+178.8%+9.1% (2)
▸ MU Micron Technology2673.1%+144.4%+166.8%+139.6% (13)
▸ VRT Vertiv1687.5%+166.7%+166.7%-2.9% (7)
▸ CIEN Ciena1181.8%+118.0%+163.6%+44.5% (4)
▸ EXPE Expedia Group757.1%+40.5%+145.3%—
▸ JCI Johnson Controls650%+20.7%+133.7%—
▸ OXY Occidental Petroleum540%+30.0%+127.5%—
▸ NVDA Nvidia2896.4%+107.7%+114.5%+20.0% (4)
▸ GLW Corning Inc.1478.6%+63.9%+106.0%+16.4% (8)
▸ APP AppLovin1361.5%+101.7%+101.7%-39.0% (4)
▸ MPWR Monolithic Power Systems6100%+100.1%+100.1%+26.7% (2)
▸ FANG Diamondback Energy683.3%+50.6%+92.5%—
▸ DELL Dell Technologies2277.3%+65.8%+88.0%+166.2% (7)
▸ AMAT Applied Materials3183.9%+56.5%+80.7%+29.8% (6)
▸ META Meta Platforms16100%+77.1%+77.1%+24.4% (2)
▸ CVNA Carvana1877.8%+88.9%+75.7%-12.7% (4)
▸ LRCX Lam Research2483.3%+57.8%+69.0%+42.9% (6)
▸ GE GE Aerospace11100%+66.3%+66.3%-1.8% (5)
▸ NFLX Netflix966.7%+44.3%+64.9%-6.6% (1)
▸ STT State Street Corporation450%+20.4%+63.8%+16.0% (6)
▸ JBL Jabil757.1%+27.3%+60.7%—
% 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, 65.6% of Citigroup's targets were profitable, averaging +21.6% per call (+5.8% vs their sector), across 4098 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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