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Citi Trends, Inc.

CTRN Consumer Cyclical Apparel Retail

Citi Trends, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $820.0 million, up 8.88% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+11.0%
EPS
−122.9%
Free cash flow
−353.6%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

52.58 5.20 −9.00%
Market cap
$437.7M
P/E
59.1×
Fwd P/E
28.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
3.24
Beneish M
−3.15
Dividend safety
n/a
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Bought, $m 0.04
Sold, $m 43.22
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — 1 — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — — 1 — 1 1 — 2 — —
Insider Ownership 7.86%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 437.73
Revenue ttm 869.97
Net income ttm 7.34
Free cash flow ttm 6.50
Net debt Q (55.89)
Valuation
P/E 59.08 (above 35: high)
Forward P/E 28.20
Price / sales 0.49
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 66.23
Price / book 3.45
Financial health
Current ratio Q 1.13
Debt / equity Q 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
Interest coverage Q (19.18)
Growth
Revenue growth Q +10.95% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q −148.54% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year +401.85% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +45.34% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +10.94% (at or above 10%: strong)
EPS, past 5 yrs −22.95% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next 5 yrs A +25.00% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.5×, against a ten-year median of 0.3×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.1× in 2020 to 1.0× in 2021.
P/E against its own 10 years 95.28%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 82.10%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 86.91%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 86.73%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 94.79%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—
Growth, 2016–24
−100.0%/yr
  1. 0.24 ’16
  2. 0.30 ’17 +25
  3. 0.32 ’18 +7
  4. 0.32 ’19 +0
  5. 0.08 ’20 −75
  6. 0.00 ’21 −100
  7. 0.00 ’22
  8. 0.00 ’23
  9. 0.00 ’24
paid change on the year, %

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 80 61 66 56
Receivables 4 3 1 1
Inventory 130 123 114 126
Other — — — —
225 197 193 203
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 100 102 101 106
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other 0 0 0 2
170 174 173 179

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 1.83% 0.92% 1.04%
Cash Flow (2.68%) (28.34%) 53.85%
Earnings (10.35%) (26.32%) (55.45%)
Book Value (5.84%) (6.60%) (11.26%)

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q1 FY23 Estimate −0.42 Actual −0.66

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q2 FY22 0.19 −0.31 Miss by 0.50
Q3 FY22 −0.02 0.24 Beat by 0.26
Q4 FY22 0.84 0.83 Miss by 0.01
Q1 FY23 −0.42 −0.66 Miss by 0.24

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 0.91 (0.11) — — —
’26 0.11 0.46 (0.86) 0.88 0.63
’25 (0.42) (2.21) (0.86) (1.71) (5.19)
’24 (0.81) (0.61) (0.47) 0.42 (1.46)
’23 3.59 (0.31) 3.02 0.81 7.17
’22 3.23 1.36 1.03 1.16 6.91
’21 (2.00) 1.90 0.67 1.81 2.32
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 231 212 — — —
’26 202 191 197 230 820
’25 186 177 179 211 753
’24 180 174 180 215 748
’23 208 185 192 209 795
’22 285 237 228 241 992
’21 116 216 199 252 783
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 21 (14) — — —
’26 (11) 4 9 19 21
’25 (20) 6 (18) 28 (4)
’24 (13) (17) (3) 23 (10)
’23 (19) (19) 15 29 6
’22 62 (5) (2) 19 74
’21 13 43 8 48 111
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 15 (24) — — —
’26 (13) 9 1 15 12
’25 (21) 2 (20) 26 (14)
’24 (14) (23) (8) 20 (24)
’23 (27) (30) 14 26 (17)
’22 56 (11) (11) 11 45
’21 9 41 2 43 94
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 TTM Jul ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2027e 2028e 2029e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 695 755 770 782 783 992 795 748 753 820 870 +1.9% 910 989 1,063 +9.0%
Gross margin, % 38.41 38.29 38.10 38.01 39.79 41.10 39.12 38.12 37.45 39.59 39.85 +1.2 pt
EBT 19 24 26 20 31 79 76 (16) (37) 6 7 (13.0%)
EBT margin, % 2.78 3.11 3.42 2.55 4.01 7.99 9.56 (2.12) (4.96) 0.67 0.86 (2.1) pt
Net income 13 15 21 17 24 62 59 (12) (43) 5 7 (9.9%)
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 47.43 53.72 59.06 66.98 76.17 111.27 96.76 90.98 90.57 101.77 106.31 +8.9%
Earnings 0.91 1.04 1.64 1.41 2.33 6.98 7.17 (1.46) (5.19) 0.65 0.89 (3.7%)
Cash flow 2.71 3.01 2.33 3.65 10.78 8.34 0.70 (1.16) (0.46) 2.60 4.25 (0.5%)
Capex (1.63) (1.49) (1.02) (2.07) (1.65) (3.33) (2.71) (1.81) (1.22) (1.13) (3.45) (4.0%)
Free cash flow 1.08 1.52 1.32 1.58 9.13 5.01 (2.01) (2.97) (1.68) 1.47 0.79 +3.5%
Book value 15.25 14.90 14.38 14.65 15.91 13.03 20.26 19.18 13.61 14.44 15.23 (0.6%)
Shares, m 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 (6.4%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 17.64 22.93 12.65 16.29 24.27 7.11 4.43 0.00 0.00 69.00 59.08 17.4
P/S 0.34 0.44 0.35 0.35 0.76 0.44 0.33 0.30 0.29 0.43 0.49 0.4
P/B 1.05 1.58 1.42 1.59 3.66 3.74 1.55 1.40 1.90 3.06 3.45 2.1
EV/Sales 0.21 0.33 0.26 0.46 0.66 0.43 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.40 0.48 0.4
EV/FCF 9.36 11.75 11.59 19.51 5.51 9.55 (11.90) (7.50) (14.03) 28.01 64.03 6.2
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 40 42 30 43 111 74 6 (10) (4) 21 35 (6.9%)
Capex (24) (21) (13) (24) (17) (30) (22) (15) (10) (9) (28) (10.2%)
Free cash flow 16 21 17 18 94 45 (17) (24) (14) 12 6 (3.2%)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 137 124 123 50 62 5 62 55 23 20 24 (19.4%)
Net debt (87) (80) (68) (47) (123) (50) (103) (80) (61) (66) (56) (3.0%)
Shareholders’ equity 224 209 187 171 164 116 166 158 113 116 125 (7.0%)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.12 4.42 6.84 4.36 5.03 12.85 11.57 (2.25) (8.80) 1.12 1.55 (3.0) pt
ROIC 8.68 10.99 13.17 9.38 49.33 74.90 74.77 (15.59) (47.38) 4.79 5.01 (3.9) pt
ROE 6.12 6.73 10.77 9.21 14.33 44.49 41.68 (7.39) (31.87) 4.54 6.17 (1.6) pt
People
People Employees 5,600 5,600 5,500 5,700 5,200 5,400 4,800 4,800 4,600 4,700 — (1.9%)
Revenue/emp, $m 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.16 0.17 — +3.9%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Citi Trends, Inc. vs peers in Apparel Retail (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CAL Caleres, Inc. $463.8M 8.9× 6.4× +5.61% (above 0%: growing) +760.00% (above 0%: growing) +118.94% (above 0%: growing) 54.78% 11.16% Compare
CTRN Citi Trends, Inc. $437.7M 59.1× 28.2× +10.95% (above 0%: growing) n/m −353.58% (below 0%: shrinking) 40.58% (0.81%)
SHOE Shoe Station Group Inc. $412.7M 17.0× 17.2× −7.21% (below 0%: shrinking) −67.14% (below 0%: shrinking) +197.41% (above 0%: growing) 31.87% 2.68% Compare
GCO Genesco Inc. $400.0M 9.1× 6.5× −2.95% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −16.21% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.36% 0.68% Compare
SFIX Stitch Fix, Inc. $346.5M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +4.24% (above 0%: growing) n/m +58.59% (above 0%: growing) 43.58% (1.35%) Compare
JILL J.Jill, Inc. $342.4M 12.6× 9.9× +0.55% (above 0%: growing) +62.32% (above 0%: growing) +165.10% (above 0%: growing) 76.85% 15.68% Compare
LE Lands' End, Inc. $279.5M 0.8× 0.8× +2.71% (above 0%: growing) n/m −285.49% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.99% 4.12% Compare
CURV Torrid Holdings Inc. $239.3M — (loss-making) 25.2× −11.83% (below 0%: shrinking) +226.80% (above 0%: growing) −120.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.73% 6.27% Compare
ZUMZ Zumiez Inc. $223.1M 18.2× 33.0× −2.48% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −124.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.34% (0.63%) Compare
Median of peers $344.5M 10.9× 9.9× −0.96% +144.56% +21.19% 47.47% 3.40%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 1 May 2026

Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 9.60%
Fund 31.10%
Kenneth D. Seipel 8.00%
Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 5.70%
Shay Capital 5.10%
Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

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