Citi Trends Inc (CTRN)

Citi Trends, Inc. operates as a value retailer of apparel, accessories, and home trends. The company offers apparel for juniors, missy, and plus size, including trend right sportswear, outerwear, sleepwear, lingerie, and scrubs for women; basics, fashion, and trends for boys up to size 20 and girls up to size 16, as well as sizes for newborns, infants, and toddlers; children's uniforms, accessories, and sleepwear; and apparel for men and big men, such as trend right sportswear and outerwear. It also provides fashionable handbags, luggage, hats, belts, sunglasses, jewelry, and watches for men and women; and underwear and socks for the entire family, as well as beauty and fragrance offerings for women and men. In addition, the company offers home goods for the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and decorative accessories; eclectic composition of wants and needs comprising books, food, tech products, team sports products, toys, health and beauty products, and seasonal items. Further, it provides casual and dress footwear in sizes for men, women, and children. The company was formerly known as Allied Fashion, Inc. and changed its name to Citi Trends, Inc. in 2001. Citi Trends, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Savannah, Georgia.

Ticker: CTRN
Exchange: Nasdaq
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Apparel Retail
Market cap: $374.83M
52-week range: $36.05 - $77.91

Valuation

Share price: $45.01 (close of Nov 6, 2026)
P/E (TTM): 50.01x
Price to book: 3.01x
Price to free cash flow: 57.70x
Enterprise value: $543.78M
Book value per share: $14.97

Price performance

Period	Change
1 day	-14.25%
5 days	-6.54%
1 month	-8.50%
3 months	-37.53%
6 months	-3.08%
Year to date	+8.30%
1 year	+14.94%
3 years	+80.84%
5 years	-46.51%
10 years	+130.94%
All time	+186.69%

Short interest

As of: Oct 15, 2026
Short % of float: 25.48%
Shares short: 1.26M
Days to cover: 10.68
Change since prior report: -0.66%
Source: FINRA consolidated short interest

Profitability and growth

Return on equity: 4.48%
Return on invested capital: 1.05%
Return on assets: 1.11%
Return on capital employed: 1.29%
Gross margin: 38.66%
Net margin: 0.64%
EBITDA margin: 2.72%
Revenue growth: 8.88%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM): 1.73%
Current ratio: 1.13x
Net debt to EBITDA: 6.04x

Latest reported year

Period end: Jan 31, 2026
Fiscal year: 2026
Revenue: $819.96M
Cost of revenue: $502.94M
Gross profit: $317.02M
EBITDA: $22.33M
Net income: $5.21M
Earnings per share: $0.65
Interest expense: $342.00K
Shares outstanding: 8.06M

Income statement by year

Period end	Revenue	Gross profit	Net income	EPS
2026-01-31	$819.96M	$317.02M	$5.21M	$0.65
2025-02-01	$753.08M	$260.69M	-$43.17M	-$5.19
2024-02-03	$747.94M	$265.08M	-$11.98M	-$1.46
2023-01-28	$795.01M	$354.48M	$58.89M	$7.17
2022-01-29	$991.60M	$387.14M	$62.24M	$6.98
2021-01-30	$783.29M	$292.13M	$23.98M	$2.33
2020-02-01	$781.92M	$278.18M	$16.50M	$1.41
2019-02-02	$769.55M	$273.07M	$21.37M	$1.64
2018-02-03	$755.24M	$269.83M	$14.57M	$1.04
2017-01-28	$695.17M	$249.60M	$13.33M	$0.91

Margins and returns by year

Period end	Gross margin	Net margin	Return on equity	Return on capital
2026-01-31	38.66%	0.64%	4.48%	1.05%
2025-02-01	34.62%	-5.73%	-38.14%	-11.84%
2024-02-03	35.44%	-1.60%	-7.60%	-3.96%
2023-01-28	44.59%	7.41%	35.38%	13.40%
2022-01-29	39.04%	6.28%	53.59%	18.82%
2021-01-30	37.30%	3.06%	14.65%	6.88%
2020-02-01	35.58%	2.11%	9.65%	4.32%
2019-02-02	35.48%	2.78%	11.40%	10.76%
2018-02-03	35.73%	1.93%	6.96%	6.61%
2017-01-28	35.91%	1.92%	5.96%	5.78%

Cash and debt by year

Period end	Cash
2026-01-31	$66.09M
2025-02-01	$61.09M
2024-02-03	$79.71M
2023-01-28	$103.50M
2022-01-29	$49.79M
2021-01-30	$123.18M
2020-02-01	$47.48M
2019-02-02	$68.21M
2018-02-03	$79.95M
2017-01-28	$87.28M

Free cash flow by year

Period end	Free cash flow	Stock-based compensation
2026-01-31	$624.00K	$5.39M
2025-02-01	-$13.96M	$3.30M
2024-02-03	-$24.45M	$4.09M
2023-01-28	-$16.53M	$3.63M
2022-01-29	$44.61M	$4.78M
2021-01-30	$93.90M	$2.91M
2020-02-01	$18.43M	$2.12M
2019-02-02	$17.15M	$2.24M
2018-02-03	$21.32M	$1.63M
2017-01-28	$15.81M	$2.92M

Dividend history

Most recent payment: Mar 2, 2020

Payment date	Dividend per share
2020-03-02	$0.08
2019-12-09	$0.08
2019-08-30	$0.08
2019-06-03	$0.08
2019-03-04	$0.08
2018-12-10	$0.08
2018-08-31	$0.08
2018-06-04	$0.08

Investor relations

Next earnings report

Next confirmed report: Dec 1, 2026

Past earnings dates

Reported	Fiscal period	EPS estimate
2026-08-25	Jul 2026	-
2026-06-02	Apr 2026	-
2026-03-17	Jan 2026	-
2025-12-02	Oct 2025	-
2025-08-26	Jul 2025	-
2025-06-03	Apr 2025	-
2025-03-18	Jan 2025	-
2024-12-03	Oct 2024	-

Filings and sources

Company website: cititrends.com
SEC filings: 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar: All upcoming reports

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