Citigroup: Grab The Chance To Buy With This Sharp Pullback

Aug. 31, 2022 11:00 AM ETCitigroup Inc. (C) StockC10 Comments

Summary

  • Citigroup's underlying metrics remain robust as the bank continues to benefit from the heightened interest rate environment, given its exposure.
  • We are confident that investment banking and wealth management should improve further, given our assessment of the broad market bottom in July.
  • Therefore, we are confident that Citigroup's EPS growth cadence should recover through FY23 as it laps challenging comps.
  • Coupled with a depressed valuation well below its 10Y mean, we believe that significant downside volatility below its July lows is unlikely.
  • Therefore, we rate C as a Buy.
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Citi Fund Services Canada Inc office in Mississauga, On, Canada.

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Thesis

Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) stock has given back all its August gains as the market pulled back from its August highs. We believe the market has de-rated C to account for its ongoing business transformation risks. However, Citigroup's robust Q2 earnings

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