Citigroup Inc (C): Today's Featured Financial Loser

Citigroup (C) pushed the Financial sector lower today making it today's featured Financial loser. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.4%. By the end of trading, Citigroup fell 82 cents (-3%) to $26.83 on light volume. Throughout the day, 30.8 million shares of Citigroup exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 41.5 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $26.70-$27.62 after having opened the day at $27.52 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $27.65. Other company's within the Financial sector that declined today were: Central Federal (CFBK), down 18.2%, Carver Bancorp (CARV), down 17.4%, Ampal-American Israel Corporation (AMPL), down 12%, and Credit Suisse (DOIL), down 10.8%.

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Citigroup Inc., a diversified financial services holding company, provides a range of financial products and services to consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Citicorp and Citi Holdings. Citigroup has a market cap of $81.07 billion and is part of the banking industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 7.7, equal to the average banking industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 5.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Citigroup a buy, three analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Citigroup as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally poor debt management, poor profit margins and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.

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On the positive front, Hampton Roads Bankshares (HMPR), up 27.5%, Firstbank Corp Michigan (FBMI), up 19.1%, Plumas Bancorp (PLBC), up 16.1%, and Village Bank and Trust Financial Corporatio (VBFC), up 12.3%, were all gainers within the financial sector with Willis Group Holdings (WSH) being today's featured financial sector winner.

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