Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (CZFS) Stock

Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (CZFS) is a Financials stock trading at $82.45 (as of 2026-08-21), with a market capitalization of $396.57M and a trailing P/E of 9.7. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Citizens Financial Services, Inc. is a bank holding company that provides banking, trust, and investment-related services through First Citizens Community Bank. It offers deposit and loan products to individuals, businesses, governmental entities, and institutions, as well as trust administration, investment management, brokerage/financial planning, retirement accounts, and related insurance services, supported by full-service branches in multiple locations in Pennsylvania, New York, and Delaware.

Understand Citizens Financial Services, Inc.: how it makes money

Citizens Financial Services, Inc. is a bank holding company that provides deposit products (checking, savings, and time deposits) and loan products (residential, commercial, and agricultural real estate, commercial and industrial, state and political subdivision, and consumer), serving individual, business, governmental, and institutional customers.

For a community bank, profitability is driven by balancing funding costs and operating efficiency, meaning the combination of deposit mix and cost sensitivity (for example, non-interest-bearing and low-cost deposit mix, and interest-bearing deposit beta) with how efficiently the bank operates (Efficiency Ratio).

Revenue by segment (latest quarter)
Trust$0.0B
Brokerage and Insurance$0.0B

Business quality (Solid): Operating metrics and deposit mix indicators are provided, but the latest-quarter revenue input is shown as 0.0B, and only two reported segment revenue lines are provided, so some snapshot profitability conclusions are limited by data completeness.

Valuation: At 8× earnings, CZFS trades 33% below the Banking average (13×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Efficiency Ratio: Efficiency Ratio is 54.98 percent, giving investors a direct view into cost discipline relative to banking activity.
  • Core Return on Average Equity (Annualized): Core Return on Average Equity (Annualized) is 12.03 percent, indicating solid profitability performance from core banking operations.
  • Deposit funding: Overall Spot Deposits are 183.0 USD_B, and Non-Interest-Bearing and Low-Cost Deposit Mix is 43.0 percent, which can help support net interest economics.

Bear case

  • Deposit cost sensitivity: Interest-Bearing Deposit Beta is 48.0 percent, which suggests deposit pricing can move with market rates.
  • Non-core runoff: Non-Core Portfolio Runoff is 0.7 USD_B, which can pressure earnings if it is not offset by growth in core loan demand.
  • Segment revenue visibility: The provided segment revenue lines for Trust Revenue and Brokerage and Insurance Revenue are both 0.0B, limiting clarity on how non-interest sources contribute in this dataset.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$82.45
Market Cap$396.57M
P/E Ratio9.7
EV / EBITDA6.8
Price / Book1.12
Price / Sales40.24
FCF Yield9.3%
DCF Value (model)$152.01
DCF Upside vs Price84.4%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$9.88M
Net Margin370.1%
Revenue Growth (YoY)3.2%
EPS Growth (YoY)20.5%
FCF Growth (YoY)-106.9%
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E9.7
Sector P/E (Financials)15.1
Industry P/E (Banking)13.0
vs Sector-36.0%
vs Industry-25.5%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($20.26M)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Company
SectorFinancials
IndustryBanking
CEORandall E. Black
Employees379
CountryUS
IPO Date1999-01-04

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Data as of 2026-08-21.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.