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Citizens Financial Corporation

CFIN
20
Insurance - Life · Financial Services
Price
$7600.00
+100.00 (+1.33%)
Market Cap
$38.0M
Winston Score
20
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2007
How the score breaks down
Quality
Mixed
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Mixed
Valuation
Data not available

Share count falling — buybacks

4.4% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 7K (2002) → 7K (2006)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Citizens Financial Corporation is a small financial services company that sells life insurance products to individual customers. Life insurance pays money to a person's family if that person passes away, giving families financial protection. The company operates in the insurance industry, which is highly regulated and competitive.

The company earns money by collecting premiums — regular payments customers make to keep their insurance policies active. Its 100% gross margin reflects the nature of insurance accounting, but its negative operating margin means it is currently spending more to run the business than it earns after claims and expenses. Citizens Financial Corporation is a very small company, with a market cap near zero, which limits its resources compared to large national insurers like MetLife or Prudential. The main risk the business faces is sustaining operations at this size, as small insurers often struggle to spread costs across enough policyholders to remain profitable over the long term.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+14.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+177.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (7%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$116M cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Citizens Financial Corporation is growing revenue at 15% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
100.0%
Premium pricing power — 100.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
3.6%
Thin — 3.6% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-4.1%
Weak — -4.1% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-6.1%
Shrinking sales (-6.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
<−1,000%
Earnings shrinking (<−1,000% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
2/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-8.5%
Burning cash (-8.5%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.46
Conservative — low debt load (0.46)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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