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Citi targets 10%-11% 2026 RoTCE while keeping efficiency ratio around 60% and U.S. card NCL rate at 4%-4.5%

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“Jane Fraser said Citi had "an exceptionally strong start to 2026," reporting "net income of $5.8 billion for the first quarter with an EPS of $3.06 and an RoTCE of 13.1%." Additionally, CFO Gonzalo Luchetti stated: "This quarter, we reported net income of $5.8 billion, EPS of $3.06 and an RoTCE of 13.1%, on $24.6 billion of revenues."”
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  • Citi expects a moderate net benefit from Basel/G-SIB rules

    60% confidence
  • The last 10% of transformation is primarily related to data used in regulatory reporting, and regulators control the timeline for closure

    60% confidence
  • Banking fees were up 12% with a record first quarter in M&A and ECM up over 60%

    60% confidence
  • Markets crossed $7 billion in revenues for the first time in a decade, with Equities up nearly 40% surpassing $2 billion and FICC up 13%

    60% confidence
  • One good-rate first quarter does not make a full year, citing uncertainty and continued investment as reasons Q1 RoTCE may decline to 10%-11% range

    60% confidence
  • M&A pipeline continues to be quite strong, but prolonged conflict may start introducing risk of deferrals

    60% confidence
  • Citi remains well on track to deliver 10% to 11% RoTCE for the full year 2026

    60% confidence
  • Citi is only interested in and focused on organic growth, period, end of story, with no interest in retail banking acquisitions

    60% confidence
  • Services growth is driven by deepening with existing clients, new client acquisition and new product innovations, and Citi is leading in tokenization in digital assets

    60% confidence
  • Citi is not interested in anything other than organic growth

    60% confidence
  • Services is Citi's crown jewel with new mandates up 40%, revenues up 17%, deposits up 16%, and assets under custody up over 20%

    60% confidence
  • Citi is close to completing the $20 billion share buyback plan and ended quarter with CET1 ratio of 12.7%, 110 basis points above regulatory requirement

    60% confidence
  • Overall revenues were up sharply at 14% with very healthy positive operating leverage

    60% confidence
  • Citi does not anticipate any additional stake sales in Banamex in 2026 ahead of deconsolidation in early 2027, with IPO most likely happening after that when market conditions are favorable

    60% confidence
  • The latest NPR is an improvement but not yet where it should be, and Citi will be active in advocating for necessary changes

    60% confidence
  • Expenses of $14.3 billion were up 7%, but excluding nearly $500 million of severance, the increase was only 4%

    60% confidence
  • Reserves were adjusted with further skew to downside scenario reflecting increased uncertainty in macroeconomic outlook

    60% confidence
  • Private credit exposure is $22 billion with 98% investment-grade, describing it as not a significant exposure

    60% confidence
  • Banamex deconsolidation would bring about $8.5 billion CTA adjustment but in aggregate it's capital neutral

    60% confidence
  • Citi ended quarter with nearly $22 billion in total reserves and reserve-to-funded loans ratio of 2.6%, incorporating 8-quarter weighted average unemployment rate of 5.4% with downside scenario nearly 7%

    60% confidence
  • The impact of Middle East conflict is hitting Asia and Europe harder, and inflation is now a greater risk to growth likely causing central banks to lean towards more restrictive monetary policies

    60% confidence
  • 90% of transformation programs are now at or near target state

    60% confidence
  • Overall expectations are unchanged with NII ex-Markets up approximately 5% to 6%, efficiency ratio around 60%, and U.S. card NCL rate between 4% and 4.5%

    60% confidence
  • Citi had an exceptionally strong start to 2026 with net income of $5.8 billion, EPS of $3.06, and RoTCE of 13.1%

    60% confidence
  • Citi will provide more detail on share repurchase expectations at Investor Day in May

    60% confidence

Data points we hold from this source

Citigroup Inc. · cet1 ratio12.7 percent
Citigroup Inc. · severance costs500 USD
Citigroup Inc. · expense growth7 percent
Citigroup Inc. · share buybacks6.3 USD
Citigroup Inc. · regulatory capital requirement11.6 percent
Citigroup Inc. · private credit exposure22 USD
Citigroup Inc. · expenses14.3 USD
Citigroup Inc. · reserve to funded loans ratio2.6 percent
Citigroup Inc. · cost of credit2.8 USD
Citigroup Inc. · total reserves22 USD
Citigroup Inc. · acl build597 USD
Citigroup Inc. · private credit investment grade percent98 percent
Citigroup Inc. · net income5.8 USD
Citigroup Inc. · efficiency ratio58 percent
Citigroup Inc. · transformation progress90 percent
Citigroup Inc. · deposits1.4 trillion_USD
Citigroup Inc. · eps3.06 USD
Citigroup Inc. · rotce13.1 percent
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