Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
Citi Trends, Inc. CTRN
$47.91 -3.02% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $399.1M
Next earnings report: Dec 1, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 6.2× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The shares trade at 58.4× trailing earnings, higher than 83% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $870.0M, up 11.1% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 22%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 46%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 38%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 26%
- Gross marginTop 42%
- Operating marginBottom 19%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 50%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Interest coverTop 22%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 33%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 26%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 26%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 22%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 20%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 2%
- 6-month returnTop 35%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 10%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 32%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 13%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 38%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 49%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 17%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 48%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 15%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 21%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 10.5% | 11.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 39.2% | 39.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -1.7% | 0.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -1.2% | 0.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.1% | 10.5% | ↑ | Top 22% |
| Gross margin | 39.2% | 39.2% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| Operating margin | 0.6% | -1.7% | ↑ | Bottom 19% |
| Net margin | 0.8% | -2.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 0.7% | -1.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.4% | — | Bottom 26% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.0% | — | Bottom 46% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -35.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 6.19×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 14.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.41%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.41%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +2.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 9, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +89.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +6.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $81.00
- Target vs current price
- +69.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | +115.6% | -6.2% | -8.4% | -27.3% | — |
| Jun 2, 2026 | +242.9% | +4.1% | -1.5% | +30.6% | +56.0% |
| Mar 17, 2026 | +9.7% | +17.0% | +3.8% | +2.5% | +3.4% |
| Dec 2, 2025 | -11.4% | -1.4% | +4.1% | -7.6% | +7.5% |
| Aug 26, 2025 | -3.8% | -0.2% | +2.9% | -7.8% | +15.3% |
| Jun 3, 2025 | +189.5% | +21.7% | +25.7% | +22.3% | +36.2% |
| Mar 18, 2025 | -961.1% | +2.9% | +3.7% | -7.8% | +54.7% |
| Dec 3, 2024 | +1.3% | +14.6% | +17.3% | +26.4% | +14.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | $0.05 | -$0.32 | +115.6% | $211.6M |
| Jun 2, 2026 | $1.08 | $0.32 | +242.9% | $230.9M |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.85 | $0.78 | +9.7% | $230.4M |
| Dec 2, 2025 | -$0.88 | -$0.79 | -11.4% | $197.1M |
| Aug 26, 2025 | -$0.82 | -$0.79 | -3.8% | $190.8M |
| Jun 3, 2025 | $0.17 | -$0.19 | +189.5% | $201.7M |
| Mar 18, 2025 | -$1.55 | $0.18 | -961.1% | $211.2M |
| Dec 3, 2024 | -$0.78 | -$0.79 | +1.3% | $179.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 58.4× | 7.4× | 83th | Bottom 33% |
| P/E (forward) | 24.8× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 20.8× | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| EV / Sales | 0.65× | — | — | Top 22% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.63% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Earnings yield | 1.71% | — | — | Bottom 33% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 2.7× – 80.7× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -26.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -8.0%
- RSI (14)
- 25.4
- Relative volume
- 0.68×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 46.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 26th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.64
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.42
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -37.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2021 | Sep 3, 2024 | -87.3% | 845 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 19, 2021 | Mar 24, 2021 | -16.0% | 3 days | 12 days (Apr 12, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $399.1M
- P/E (TTM)
- 58.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.82
- Revenue (TTM)
- $870.0M
- 52-week range
- $30.73 – $77.91
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $991.6M | $795.0M | $747.9M | $753.1M | $820.0M |
| Gross profit | $407.5M | $311.0M | $285.1M | $282.0M | $306.2M |
| Operating income | $79.5M | $11.2M | -$19.5M | -$37.0M | -$7.0M |
| Net income | $62.2M | $58.9M | -$12.0M | -$43.2M | $5.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.91 | $7.17 | -$1.46 | -$5.19 | $0.63 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $179.1M | $211.2M | $201.7M | $190.8M | $197.1M | $230.4M | $230.9M | $211.6M |
| Net income | -$7.2M | -$14.2M | $871,000 | $3.8M | -$6.9M | $7.4M | $7.8M | -$931,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.86 | -$1.71 | $0.11 | $0.46 | -$0.86 | $0.88 | $0.91 | -$0.11 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $74.3M | $5.8M | -$9.6M | -$3.8M | $21.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$29.7M | -$22.3M | -$14.9M | -$10.1M | -$20.3M |
| Free cash flow | $44.6M | -$16.5M | -$24.5M | -$14.0M | $624,000 |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$115.3M | -$10.0M | $0 | -$3.8M | -$6.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $55.9M
- Total assets
- $487.0M
- Total liabilities
- $362.4M
- Total debt
- $224.8M
- Net debt
- $169.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $124.6M
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 9, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2020 | $0.08 | Mar 17, 2020 |
| Dec 9, 2019 | $0.08 | Dec 24, 2019 |
| Aug 30, 2019 | $0.08 | Sep 17, 2019 |
| Jun 3, 2019 | $0.08 | Jun 18, 2019 |
| Mar 4, 2019 | $0.08 | Mar 19, 2019 |
| Dec 10, 2018 | $0.08 | Dec 26, 2018 |
| Aug 31, 2018 | $0.08 | Sep 18, 2018 |
| Jun 4, 2018 | $0.08 | Jun 19, 2018 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 919,029
- Days to cover
- 6.24
- Change vs previous report
- +3.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.