Sidoti Csr Comments on Citizens’ Q2 Earnings (NYSE:CIA)

Citizens, Inc. (NYSE:CIA) – Investment analysts at Sidoti Csr issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Citizens in a research report issued on Monday, March 17th. Sidoti Csr analyst B. Mccarthy anticipates that the insurance provider will earn $0.06 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Citizens’ current full-year earnings is $0.32 per share.

Citizens (NYSE:CIA) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, March 13th. The insurance provider reported $0.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.10 by ($0.03). The business had revenue of $63.47 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $64.66 million. Citizens had a net margin of 8.87% and a return on equity of 11.50%.

Separately, StockNews.com cut Citizens from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday.

Citizens Stock Performance

NYSE:CIA opened at $5.28 on Wednesday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $4.87 and its 200 day moving average is $4.42. The firm has a market cap of $263.66 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.29 and a beta of 0.11. Citizens has a 52-week low of $1.78 and a 52-week high of $5.95.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in CIA. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its stake in Citizens by 5.3% during the third quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 138,281 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $501,000 after buying an additional 6,968 shares during the period. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Citizens during the 3rd quarter valued at about $82,000. Barclays PLC grew its holdings in shares of Citizens by 24.4% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 52,379 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $189,000 after purchasing an additional 10,267 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Citizens by 2.3% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 458,886 shares of the insurance provider’s stock worth $1,662,000 after purchasing an additional 10,235 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ritholtz Wealth Management raised its stake in Citizens by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 46,116 shares of the insurance provider’s stock valued at $185,000 after purchasing an additional 2,901 shares in the last quarter. 13.73% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Citizens Company Profile

Citizens, Inc provides life insurance products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Life Insurance and Home Service Insurance. The Life Insurance segment issues ordinary whole life insurance and endowment policies in the United States dollar-denominated amounts to non-U.S.