Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
CFG Financial Services · Banks - RegionalNot yet scored
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What the filing actually says.
Citizens Financial Group's filings as provided here give a thin picture, and this synthesis is limited accordingly. No forensic scores are on file, so there is no Beneish M-Score, Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, or Fog Index reading to report, and none is given here. The Beneish M-Score screens for possible earnings manipulation, the Piotroski F-Score counts a set of financial-health signals, the Altman Z-Score estimates financial distress risk, and the Fog Index measures how hard text is to read. Each would need a source score before a reader could interpret it. No MD&A or risk-factor text is on file either, so the filing's own explanations of segments, lending, deposits, legal matters, regulatory requirements, or debt instruments cannot be discussed. What the data does show is two annual lines. Revenue rose about 7.2 percent in 2025 to $1.64 billion, while net income rose about 21.2 percent to $1.83 billion. Over a longer span, revenue has risen from $1.08 billion in 2020 to $1.64 billion in 2025, while net income has been more volatile, moving from $1.06 billion in 2020 to $2.32 billion in 2021 and then $1.51 billion in 2024. A reader working from this data alone should note that the gap between the two lines in 2025 is itself a question to resolve against the source filing. Readers may want to look at the company's full annual report on Form 10-K, particularly the MD&A, the reconciliation of revenue and net income to the income statement, and the risk-factor section covering credit, interest rate, and regulatory exposures. Those sections would allow the scores and the earnings trend to be read in context.
Catalyst.The dataset contains no MD&A text, so this section cannot attribute any driver to management. The reported numbers show total revenue of $1.64 billion for 2025, up from $1.53 billion in 2024, an increase of about 7.2 percent. Net income rose to $1.83 billion in 2025 from $1.51 billion in 2024, about 21.2 percent higher. The 2025 gain follows a 2024 decline in net income from $1.61 billion in 2023, so the year-over-year pattern is recent rather than a steady trend.
Hidden risk.The most useful caution here is definitional. Reported 2025 net income of $1.83 billion exceeds reported revenue of $1.64 billion, which a careful reader should check. The revenue tag may not capture the same line items management uses, such as net interest income plus noninterest income, or net income may include items outside that measure. Net income has also been volatile: it fell from $2.32 billion in 2021 to $1.51 billion in 2024, about 34.9 percent lower. Without risk-factor text, the filing's own description of credit, rate, and regulatory exposures is not available here.
What traders are betting.
The metric
Shares that traders have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back. Brokers report the total to FINRA twice a month. Days to cover divides it by the shares that change hands on a typical day.
- Shares sold short
- 17M
- Change since Aug 31
- +17.1%
- Days to cover
- 4.3
What it tells us
Few traders are betting against CFG. Levels this low are common for large, widely held companies.
Short sellers added to their bets: shares sold short grew 17.1% since the Aug 31 report.
At normal trading volume, short sellers would need about 4.3 days to buy back every borrowed share.
How investors use it
- Squeeze watching. Some aggressive traders seek out heavily shorted stocks, betting that good news will force short sellers to buy back shares and push the price higher.
- Hedging. Funds short one company to offset risk in another, often owning a stronger business and shorting a weaker one in the same industry.
- Timing. Chart-based traders pair rising short interest with price patterns, such as a break below a level where buyers used to step in, to decide when to enter or exit.
- Warning sign. Some owners treat a sharp rise in short interest as a red flag and respond by tightening stop-loss orders or holding smaller positions.
Quarterly report
The quarterly report (10-Q) and current reports (8-K) Citizens Financial Group filed in the last 12 months, each linked to the original document on SEC EDGAR.
- Oct 8, 20268-KCurrent reportItem 5.03: Charter or bylaw change; fiscal-year changeEDGAR →★ Curriculum-relevant
- Aug 3, 202610-QQuarterly report0EDGAR →
- Jul 30, 20268-KCurrent reportItem 3.03: Change to shareholder rights; Item 5.03: Charter or bylaw change; fiscal-year change; Item 8.01: Other eventsEDGAR →★ Curriculum-relevant
- Jul 21, 20268-KCurrent reportItem 8.01: Other events0EDGAR →
- Jul 16, 20268-KCurrent reportItem 2.02: Results of operations (earnings); Item 7.01: Regulation FD disclosure (investor materials)0EDGAR →
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