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Citigroup, in an effort to improve its bottom line and repay the government, has put a "For Sale" sign on numerous pieces of its business, downsizing what once was the nation's largest bank. Citi's executives are taking a decidedly different tack in trying to rescue their firm than their competitors, and some analysts question whether the downsizing alone will be enough to turn around the bank...
...winding down of Citi Holdings [the units Citi has said are for sale] won't create enough gains to pay back the government," says bank analyst Ed Narjarian of ISI Group. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...
...latest indication that Citi is for sale came on Oct. 9. The bank sold its Phibro commodities-trading unit to energy and chemical giant Occidental Petroleum. Oxy Pete will pay $250 million for the unit, which specializes in oil and gas trading. Phibro is not a huge business for Citigroup. But it was one of the few businesses that continued to make money for the giant bank during the credit crisis. Phibro and Citi's global payment-processing business have long been seen as two areas in which the bank outperforms its competitors. Now one of Citi's profit jewels...
...compared to rivals, Citi's performance looks even paler. Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo both reported higher earnings in the second quarter than a year ago. JPMorgan's earnings were down from a year ago, but it still outperformed Citi in many parts of its business. Investment-banking revenues at Citi, for instance, fell 13% in the second quarter from a year ago; JPMorgan's investment-banking revenues rose 29% in the same time, according to Bernstein's McDonald. Then there's the issue of talent loss. As Citigroup's troubles have continued, the bank has begun to lose executives...
...most discouraging news remains Citi's loan portfolio. The bank's costs for bad loans jumped in the quarter by 81%, to $12.4 billion. The percentage of loans the company expects to go unpaid also continued to rise, though slightly less than before. Still, Citi's loans are going bad faster than those of many of its rivals. In the third quarter, the bank had a so-called net charge-off ratio, which is the percentage of loans that are likely to not be paid back compared to total loans, of 5.1%, according to CreditSights. That compares to a charge...