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Citi Trends Inc
CTRN
$529M
Mkt Cap
$63.96
-3.40%
Citi Trends, Inc. (“Citi Trends” or the “Company”) is a highly differentiated off-price value retailer known for trendy fashions, great brands and amazing prices. We offer culturally relevant fashion – what we call “Cultural Cachet” – in apparel, accessories and home goods, primarily for African American families in the United States. We curate a three tiered mix of product featuring well-known brands, core product and opening price goods, with intermittent extreme value deals. Our core product styles are curated trend-right, high quality, value for the price. We offer an assortment of opening price product for the price conscious customer, all sold at competitive prices. Plus, for the treasure hunters, we often have “extreme value” product deals on well-known branded product at 50% to 75% off MSRP.
| Metric | TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 805M | 820M | 753M | 748M | 795M | 992M |
| Net Income | -8.6M | 5.2M | -43M | -12M | 59M | 62M |
| EPS | $-0.98 | $0.63 | $-5.19 | $-1.46 | $7.17 | $6.91 |
| Free Cash Flow | -1.9M | 624K | -14M | -24M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 671M | 684M | 695M | 755M | 770M | 782M | 783M | 992M | 795M | 748M | 753M | 820M | 805M |
| Gross Margin | 37.6% | 39.0% | 38.4% | 38.3% | 38.1% | 38.0% | 39.8% | 41.1% | 39.1% | 38.1% | 37.5% | 39.6% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 221M | 224M | 231M | 247M | 248M | 260M | 260M | 308M | 279M | 285M | 300M | 313M | 306M |
| EBIT | 24M | 24M | 19M | 23M | 25M | 19M | 32M | 80M | 75M | -19M | -39M | 3.9M | 5.7M |
| Op. Margin | 3.6% | 3.5% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 2.4% | 4.1% | 8.0% | 9.5% | -2.6% | -5.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Net Income | 9.0M | 16M | 13M | 15M | 21M | 17M | 24M | 62M | 59M | -12M | -43M | 5.2M | -8.6M |
| Net Margin | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 3.1% | 6.3% | 7.4% | -1.6% | -5.7% | 0.6% | -1.1% |
| Non-Recurring | 83K | 313K | 23K | 377K | 803K | 449K | 247K | -201K | -10K | 813K | 2.5M | 1.2M | 1.2M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 12.1% | 11.0% | 7.5% | 8.0% | 12.4% | 9.9% | 25.5% | 116.9% | 90.2% | -7.4% | -31.9% | 7.1% | 7.2% |
| ROE | 4.3% | 7.3% | 6.1% | 6.7% | 10.8% | 9.2% | 14.3% | 44.5% | 41.7% | -7.4% | -31.9% | 4.5% | -7.6% |
| ROA | 2.8% | 4.9% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 6.8% | 4.4% | 5.0% | 12.9% | 11.6% | -2.3% | -8.8% | 1.1% | -1.9% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 40M | 27M | 40M | 42M | 30M | 43M | 111M | 74M | 5.8M | -9.6M | -3.8M | 21M | 10M |
| Free Cash Flow | 29M | 7.9M | 16M | 21M | 17M | 18M | 94M | 45M | -17M | -24M | -14M | 624K | -1.9M |
| Owner Earnings | 16M | 4.8M | 20M | 22M | 9.3M | 22M | 89M | 49M | -18M | -33M | -26M | -2.9M | -12M |
| CapEx | 11M | 20M | 24M | 21M | 13M | 24M | 17M | 30M | 22M | 15M | 10M | 20M | 12M |
| Maint. CapEx | 20M | 19M | 17M | 19M | 19M | 19M | 19M | 20M | 21M | 19M | 19M | 18M | 18M |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 1.0M | 6.8M | 2.1M | 0 | 5.6M | 0 | 9.3M | 1.7M | 0 | 0 | 1.8M | 0 |
| D&A | 20M | 19M | 17M | 19M | 19M | 19M | 19M | 20M | 21M | 19M | 19M | 18M | 18M |
| CapEx/OCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | 49.6% | 43.6% | 56.7% | 15.3% | 40.0% | 387.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | 118.2% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 1.8M | 1.8M | 3.5M | 4.2M | 4.2M | 3.8M | 832K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 0.3% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Share Buybacks | 15M | 15M | 0 | 25M | 40M | 28M | 33M | 115M | 10M | 0 | 3.8M | 6.3M | 16M |
| Buyback Yield | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.6% | 15.1% | 10.5% | 5.4% | 26.8% | 3.8% | N/A | 1.7% | 0.0% | 3.1% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 4.0M | 4.1M | 2.9M | 1.6M | 2.2M | 2.1M | 2.9M | 4.8M | 3.6M | 4.1M | 3.3M | 5.4M | 4.3M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -50M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 75M | 39M | 49M | 48M | 18M | 20M | 123M | 50M | 103M | 80M | 61M | 66M | 50M |
| Long-Term Debt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Debt/Equity | 0.51 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.56 | 0.59 | 1.68 | 2.02 | 3.08 | 2.27 | 2.29 | 3.09 | 3.05 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 121.1 | 100.1 | 119.1 | 151.8 | 163.2 | 117.4 | 41.2 | 259.9 | 246.1 | -63.6 | -123.8 | 11.3 | 17.7 |
| Equity | 211M | 212M | 224M | 209M | 187M | 171M | 164M | 116M | 166M | 158M | 113M | 116M | 113M |
| Total Assets | 318M | 315M | 333M | 327M | 298M | 459M | 495M | 474M | 544M | 519M | 463M | 471M | 457M |
| Total Liabilities | 108M | 102M | 109M | 118M | 111M | 288M | 331M | 358M | 378M | 361M | 350M | 355M | 344M |
| Intangibles | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Retained Earnings | 125M | 139M | 149M | 159M | 176M | 187M | 210M | 272M | 331M | 319M | 276M | 281M | 281M |
| Working Capital | 139M | 127M | 137M | 124M | 123M | 50M | 62M | 5.1M | 62M | 55M | 23M | 20M | 22M |
| Current Assets | 241M | 222M | 237M | 233M | 226M | 201M | 244M | 193M | 223M | 225M | 197M | 193M | 189M |
| Current Liabilities | 102M | 96M | 100M | 109M | 102M | 151M | 183M | 187M | 161M | 170M | 174M | 173M | 167M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 0.60 | 1.03 | 0.91 | 1.03 | 1.64 | 1.41 | 2.32 | 6.91 | 7.17 | -1.46 | -5.19 | 0.63 | -0.98 |
| Owner EPS | 1.08 | 0.32 | 1.35 | 1.54 | 0.71 | 1.88 | 8.58 | 5.46 | -2.25 | -3.98 | -3.12 | -0.35 | -1.40 |
| Book Value | 14.09 | 14.08 | 15.26 | 14.80 | 14.38 | 14.61 | 15.83 | 12.89 | 20.26 | 19.22 | 13.61 | 14.07 | 13.63 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 2.70 | 1.82 | 2.71 | 2.99 | 2.33 | 3.64 | 10.73 | 8.25 | 0.70 | -1.17 | -0.46 | 2.54 | 1.10 |
| Dividends/Share | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.08 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.00 |
| Shares Out. | 14.9M | 15.1M | 14.6M | 14.1M | 13.0M | 11.7M | 10.3M | 9.0M | 8.2M | 8.2M | 8.3M | 8.3M | 8.3M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | N/A | N/A | N/A | 22.7 | 12.5 | 16.5 | 25.5 | 6.9 | 4.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | -65.1 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15.5 | 15.6 | 14.8 | 6.5 | 9.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 84.4 |
| Price/Book | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 2.0 | N/A | 4.7 |
| Price/Sales | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | N/A | 0.7 |
| FCF Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6.5% | 6.4% | 6.8% | 15.3% | 10.4% | -6.3% | -10.6% | -6.3% | N/A | -0.4% |
| Market Cap | 0 | 0 | 0 | 330M | 268M | 272M | 612M | 430M | 264M | 230M | 221M | 0 | 531M |
| Avg. Price | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.58 | 25.90 | 18.22 | 24.13 | 81.17 | 27.89 | 22.20 | 22.33 | 0.00 | 63.96 |
| Year-End Price | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.34 | 20.54 | 23.25 | 59.22 | 47.78 | 32.12 | 28.00 | 26.61 | 0.00 | 63.96 |
Citi Trends Inc passes 3 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
Citi Trends Inc trades at 101.5x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 14.5x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. On a free-cash-flow basis, the stock trades at 847.2x vs a median of 14.8x. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 35.0% with a gross margin of 39.1%. Total shareholder yield (buybacks) is 3.1%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -53.4%.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) has a current P/E ratio of 101.5, compared to its historical median P/E of 14.5. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 35.0%. This indicates strong capital allocation and a potential competitive advantage.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) has a market capitalization of $531M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) does not currently pay a regular dividend. However, the company returns capital to shareholders through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 3.09%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) appears expensive. The current P/E of 101.5 is 600% above its historical median of 14.5. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is -23.5%.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) operates in the Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) reported annual revenue of $820 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
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| ROIC | 7.2% | 7.1% | -31.9% | -7.4% | 90.2% | 116.9% |
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| Gross Margin | - | 39.6% | 37.5% | 38.1% | 39.1% | 41.1% |
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| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | 3.05 | 3.09 | 2.29 | 2.27 | 3.08 |
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| Dividends/Share | $0.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Operating Income | 5.7M | 3.9M | -39M | -19M | 75M | 80M |
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| Operating Margin | 0.7% | 0.5% | -5.2% | -2.6% | 9.5% | 8.0% |
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| ROE | -7.6% | 4.5% | -31.9% | -7.4% | 41.7% | 44.5% |
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| Shares Outstanding | 8M | 8M | 8M | 8M | 8M | 9M |
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Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) has a net profit margin of 0.6%. This is a modest margin.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) generated $624 thousand in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Positive free cash flow supports dividends, buybacks, and debt reduction.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.05. This indicates higher leverage, which may increase financial risk.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $0.63 in its most recent fiscal year.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) has a return on equity (ROE) of 4.5%. This indicates moderate shareholder returns.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) has a 5-year average gross margin of 39.1%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 17 years of financial data for Citi Trends Inc (CTRN), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) has a book value per share of $14.07, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.