Use Citigroup to protect against small markets fluctuations. The stock experiences moderate downward daily trend and can be a good diversifier
1 Month Beta ..........
1.61
As market goes up, the company is expected to significantly outperform it. However, if the market returns are negative, Citigroup will likely underperform.
The median price of Citigroup for the period between Wed, Apr 25, 2012 and Fri, May 25, 2012 is 30.45 with a coefficient of variation of 9.57. The daily time series for the period is distributed with a sample standard deviation of 2.84, arithmetic mean of 29.69, and mean deviation of 2.57. The Stock received substential amount of media coverage during this period.
Citigroup Inc. [C] is traded on American Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in Citigroup, Inc.New York, NY and employs 263,000 people. The company currently falls under 'Large-Cap' category with current capitalization of 78 B. Citigroup Inc. operates under Financial sector and is part of Money Center Banks industry. This company has 2.93 B outstanding shares of which 31.77 M shares are currently sold short by investors with about 0.8 days to cover all short positions.
Citigroup Liquidity
CITIGROUP INC has accumulated about 808.6 B in cash with 49.05 B of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 275.77 which can makes it an attractive takeover target, given it will continue generating positive cash flow.
The company has accumulated 646.45 B in total debt.