What Citigroup Doubters Got Wrong

Citigroup’s year was defined on the screen by one Q2 2026 headline. Record revenue, earnings ahead of forecasts, and a fresh US$30b buyback plan grabbed attention, but the real story sat in the share register. Holding Citigroup over the past year would have returned 24.7%, including dividends. If you had been deciding on 23 October 2025, what belief about digital transformation and cross-border payments would have justified paying up before any of that news arrived? On Simply Wall St, a...