CIA
Citizens, Inc.
CIA's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks expensive: trading at 23x earnings, above its usual 16x. Analysts expect earnings to hold roughly steady.
CIA Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
CIA's revenue and profitability are currently stable. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like CIA.
CIA PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 6.9x | $1.10 | -70% |
| Fair | 16x | $2.60 | -29% |
| Forward | 16x | $3.67 | — |
| Current | 23x | $3.67 | — |
| Expensive | 24x | $3.86 | +5.1% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
CIA's PE is in its expensive range at 23x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 16x, in its fair range.
CIA Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect CIA's earnings, revenue and profitability to hold roughly steady.
CIA Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $0.24 | +47% |
| Q3 2026 | $0.16 | -24% |
| Q2 2026 | $0.21 | -4.5% |
| Q1 2026 | $0.35 | +106% |
| Q4 2025 | $0.28 | -3.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $0.21 | -51% |
| Q2 2025 | $0.22 | -49% |
| Q1 2025 | $0.17 | -64% |
| Q4 2024 | $0.29 | -40% |
CIA's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $0.16 over the past year, against $0.48 in late 2023.
CIA Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $65M | +3.6% |
| Q2 2026 | $60.4M | -7.2% |
| Q1 2026 | $59.7M | +7.3% |
| Q4 2025 | $72.1M | +14% |
| Q3 2025 | $62.8M | +1.7% |
| Q2 2025 | $65.1M | +4.8% |
| Q1 2025 | $55.7M | -3.6% |
| Q4 2024 | $63.5M | -5% |
CIA's revenue has picked up after four years of holding roughly level: $65M last quarter, up 3.6% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.2% | -6.9 points |
| Q2 2026 | -0.9% | -12 points |
| Q1 2026 | 4% | +7.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 11% | +5.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 7.1% | +2.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | 11% | +5.3 points |
| Q1 2025 | -3.2% | -12 points |
| Q4 2024 | 5.8% | -7.3 points |
CIA's operating margin was 0.2% last quarter, down 6.9 points from the same quarter a year ago.
CIA Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $10.7M | +132% |
| Q2 2026 | $2M | -39% |
| Q1 2026 | -$649K | -201% |
| Q4 2025 | $9M | -16% |
| Q3 2025 | $4.6M | -51% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.3M | -26% |
| Q1 2025 | $641K | -90% |
| Q4 2024 | $10.7M | +66% |
CIA's free cash flow was $21M over the past year, up 9.4% from the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like CIA.
CIA Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.1% | +61.7K shares |
| 1 year | +0.8% | +408K shares |
| 3 years | +2.3% | +1.2M shares |
| 5 years | +0.5% | +248K shares |
CIA has 51M diluted shares, up 0.8% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | — |
| Q3 2024 | — |
| Q4 2023 | $200,000 |
| Q3 2023 | — |
| Q1 2023 | — |
| Q4 2022 | $522,000 |
| Q4 2021 | — |
| Q3 2021 | — |
CIA Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -1.7x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -1.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -0.8x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -1.3x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -1.7x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -1.8x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -1.9x | Net Cash |
CIA has more cash than debt. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like CIA.
CIA Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 40.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 32.8 | Neutral |
CIA's weekly RSI is 41 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 33 (neutral).
CIA PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | CIA | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 23x | 13x | 76% above |
| PE % | 76 | 63 | 13 pts above |
CIA is trading at 23x earnings, a 76% premium to the Financial Services sector's median of 13x.
CIA Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $3.63 | 1.1% above |
| 20 week MA | $4.10 | 10% below |
| 50 week MA | $4.85 | 24% below |
| 100 week MA | $4.76 | 23% below |
| 200 week MA | $3.85 | 4.7% below |
CIA has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8-week average, but 4.7% below its 200-week average.
CIA Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6.67 | $5.89 | -12% |
| 2021 | $5.89 | $5.76 | -2.2% |
| 2022 | $5.76 | $2.28 | -60% |
| 2023 | $2.28 | $2.69 | +18% |
| 2024 | $2.69 | $4.32 | +61% |
| 2025 | $4.32 | $5.16 | +19% |
| 2026 YTD | $5.16 | $3.67 | -29% |
CIA has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 29% so far in 2026.