Citizens Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

CIA Stock  USD 4.67  0.18  4.01%   
Considering the 90-day investment horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Citizens is 'Hold'. Macroaxis provides Citizens buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding Citizens positions.
  
Check out Citizens Analyst Recommendation to compare Macroaxis Buy or Sell Recommendation with the current analyst consensus. To check ratings for multiple equity instruments, please use the Instant Ratings tool.
For information on how to trade Citizens Stock refer to our How to Trade Citizens Stock guide.
In addition, we conduct extensive research on individual companies such as Citizens and provide practical buy, sell, or hold advice based on investors' investing horizon and their risk tolerance towards Citizens. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in gross domestic product.

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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Sell CitizensBuy Citizens
Hold

Market Performance

ModestDetails

Volatility

Moderately volatileDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Follows the market closelyDetails

Investor Sentiment

ImpartialDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

UnavailableDetails
For the selected time horizon Citizens has a Mean Deviation of 2.86, Semi Deviation of 3.71, Standard Deviation of 3.75, Variance of 14.1, Downside Variance of 16.83 and Semi Variance of 13.74
We provide trade advice to complement the prevailing expert consensus on Citizens. Our dynamic recommendation engine uses a multidimensional algorithm to analyze the company's potential to grow using all technical and fundamental data available at the time. To make sure Citizens is not overpriced, please confirm all Citizens fundamentals, including its gross profit, cash per share, and the relationship between the price to sales and net income . Given that Citizens has a number of shares shorted of 4.4 M, we suggest you to validate Citizens market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevailing risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Citizens Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Citizens had very high historical volatility over the last 90 days
Citizens has 11.74 M in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 0.03, which may show that the company is not taking advantage of profits from borrowing. Citizens has a current ratio of 0.58, suggesting that it has not enough short term capital to pay financial commitments when the payables are due. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Citizens to invest in growth at high rates of return.

Citizens Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Citizens' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Citizens' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Citizens daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Citizens price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Citizens returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Citizens.
Mean Return
0.27
Value At Risk
-7.41
Potential Upside
6.21
Standard Deviation
3.75
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Citizens historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Citizens Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Citizens or Insurance sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Citizens' price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Citizens stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
0.32
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.58
σ
Overall volatility
3.75
Ir
Information ratio 0.1

Citizens Volatility Alert

Citizens shows above-average downside volatility for the selected time horizon. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Citizens' stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Citizens' stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Citizens Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Citizens' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Citizens' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Citizens and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Citizens or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Citizens' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Citizens by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Citizens to competition
FundamentalsCitizensPeer Average
Return On Equity0.12-0.31
Return On Asset0.0076-0.14
Profit Margin0.09 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.05 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation191.7 M16.62 B
Shares Outstanding49.91 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders10.44 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions17.11 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted4.4 M4.71 M
Price To Earning4.88 X28.72 X
Price To Book1.08 X9.51 X
Price To Sales0.90 X11.42 X
Revenue245 M9.43 B
Gross Profit71.76 M27.38 B
EBITDA20.62 M3.9 B
Net Income14.91 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents22.97 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share0.44 X5.01 X
Total Debt11.74 M5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.03 %48.70 %
Current Ratio0.59 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share4.16 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations5.95 M971.22 M
Short Ratio39.87 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share0.43 X3.12 X
Target Price5.0
Number Of Employees23218.84 K
Beta0.11-0.15
Market Capitalization224.08 M19.03 B
Total Asset222.09 M29.47 B
Retained Earnings57.06 M9.33 B
Net Asset222.09 M
Note: Acquisition by Sheryl Kinlaw of 159 shares of Citizens at 3.1 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Citizens Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Citizens . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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When determining whether Citizens offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Citizens' financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of Citizens Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Citizens Stock:
Check out Citizens Analyst Recommendation to compare Macroaxis Buy or Sell Recommendation with the current analyst consensus. To check ratings for multiple equity instruments, please use the Instant Ratings tool.
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Is Life & Health Insurance space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Citizens. If investors know Citizens will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Citizens listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
The market value of Citizens is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Citizens that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Citizens' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Citizens' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Citizens' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Citizens' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Citizens' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Citizens is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Citizens' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.