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Citizens & Northern

NAQ:CZNC · US1729221069
BanksX-Small

360

8
Profit price7
Cash yield99
Price/Sales90
EV / Gross Profit36
Price/Book61
Returns on capital20
Profit margins
Cash Conversion98
Accruals76
Owner Earnings Margin16
Sales growth93
Profit Growth24
Owner Earnings Growth8
Reinvestment24
Price momentum33
Debt load26
Debt serviceability59
Liquidity16
Analyst ratings1
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside56
Market mood33
Value Creation10/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Citizens & Northern clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Based on 3/5 components.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryBanks
SizeX-Small
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQCM
Employees282
ISINUS1729221069
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026

Description

Citizens & Northern Corporation operates as a bank holding company for Citizens & Northern Bank, which provides various community banking services. The company’s other wholly-owned subsidiaries are Citizens & Northern Investment Corporation and Buck…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Citizens & Northern Corporation is a middle-of-the-road business: neither the economics nor the price stand out from the peer group.

The price is fair. You pay 19.3× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically fair zone.

The trajectory is tepid and the balance sheet is stretched. The company scores 10/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analyst sentiment is cautious.

Nothing is flagged here: no red or amber gates, no divergence between profits and cash. That is itself information: the numbers are straightforward. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
17
2023202420252026

All-time high

77

Jan 2023

All-time low

17

Jun 2026

Average rank

49

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
90
65
45
44
Price/Earnings
95
52
17
19
Price/Book
61
48
16
28
Dividend Yield
99
91
91
99
Value (overall)
94
75
29
37

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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