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. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 11.0%, EPS fell 122.9% and free cash flow fell 353.6%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

48.70 1.24 −2.48%
Market cap
$416.5M
P/E
54.7×
Fwd P/E
30.2×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
3.24
Beneish M
−3.15
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.04
Total sells 43.22
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — 1 — — — — — — —
Sell — 1 — — — 1 — 1 1 — 2 —
Insider Ownership 7.98%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 416.47
Revenue 869.97
Net Income 7.34
Free Cash Flow 6.50
Net Debt (55.89)
Current Ratio 1.13
Debt/Equity 0.00 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 54.72 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 30.20
P/S ratio 0.46
P/B ratio 3.20
Past 5Y EPS Growth (22.95%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 401.85% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 45.34% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 10.94% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 25.00% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 94.63%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 77.66%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 84.04%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 83.41%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 94.09%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2024 Powerpack
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 0.08
0.08
2019 0.32
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2018 0.32
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2017 0.30
0.06
0.08
0.08
0.08
2016 0.24
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
special payouts not included in total or ratios

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%)

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.

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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 15.54 17.79 13.41 6.70 46.04 15.48 14.21 13.66 16.82 36.05

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 28.12 34.90 23.34 50.35 111.44 97.14 34.94 32.90 49.50 77.91
People
People Employees 5,600 5,600 5,500 5,700 5,200 5,400 4,800 4,800 4,600 4,700
Revenue/emp, $m 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.16 0.17
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 695 755 770 782 783 992 795 748 753 820
Gross margin, % 38.41 38.29 38.10 38.01 39.79 41.10 39.12 38.12 37.45 39.59
EBT 19 24 26 20 31 79 76 (16) (37) 6
EBT margin, % 2.78 3.11 3.42 2.55 4.01 7.99 9.56 (2.12) (4.96) 0.67
Net income 13 15 21 17 24 62 59 (12) (43) 5
Depreciation 17 19 19 19 19 20 21 19 19 18
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
Earnings 0.91 1.04 1.64 1.41 2.33 6.98 7.17 (1.46) (5.19) 0.65
Cash flow 2.71 3.01 2.33 3.65 10.78 8.34 0.70 (1.16) (0.46) 2.60
Capex (1.63) (1.49) (1.02) (2.07) (1.65) (3.33) (2.71) (1.81) (1.22) (1.13)
Free cash flow 1.08 1.52 1.32 1.58 9.13 5.01 (2.01) (2.97) (1.68) 1.47
Book value 15.25 14.90 14.38 14.65 15.91 13.03 20.26 19.18 13.61 14.44
Shares, m 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 8 8 8
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 17.64 22.93 12.65 16.29 24.27 7.11 4.43 0.00 0.00 69.00
P/S 0.34 0.44 0.35 0.35 0.76 0.44 0.33 0.30 0.29 0.43
P/B 1.05 1.58 1.42 1.59 3.66 3.74 1.55 1.40 1.90 3.06
EV/Sales 0.21 0.33 0.26 0.46 0.66 0.43 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.40
EV/FCF 9.36 11.75 11.59 19.51 5.51 9.55 (11.90) (7.50) (14.03) 28.01
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 40 42 30 43 111 74 6 (10) (4) 21
Capex (24) (21) (13) (24) (17) (30) (22) (15) (10) (9)
Free cash flow 16 21 17 18 94 45 (17) (24) (14) 12
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 137 124 123 50 62 5 62 55 23 20
Total debt — — — 178 193 216 268 — — —
Net debt (87) (80) (68) (47) (123) (50) (103) (80) (61) (66)
Shareholders’ equity 224 209 187 171 164 116 166 158 113 116
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.12 4.42 6.84 4.36 5.03 12.85 11.57 (2.25) (8.80) 1.12
ROIC 8.68 10.99 13.17 9.38 49.33 74.90 74.77 (15.59) (47.38) 4.79
ROE 6.12 6.73 10.77 9.21 14.33 44.49 41.68 (7.39) (31.87) 4.54
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

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. $453.4M 8.6× 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. $416.5M 54.7× 30.2× +10.95% (above 0%: growing) n/m −353.58% (below 0%: shrinking) 40.58% (0.81%)
GCO Genesco Inc. $404.9M 9.2× 6.5× −2.95% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −16.21% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.36% 0.68% Compare
SHOE Shoe Station Group Inc. $376.2M 15.5× 11.0× −7.21% (below 0%: shrinking) −67.14% (below 0%: shrinking) +197.41% (above 0%: growing) 31.87% 2.68% Compare
JILL J.Jill, Inc. $366.8M 13.5× 6.4× +0.55% (above 0%: growing) +62.32% (above 0%: growing) +165.10% (above 0%: growing) 76.85% 15.68% Compare
SFIX Stitch Fix, Inc. $342.0M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +4.24% (above 0%: growing) n/m +58.59% (above 0%: growing) 43.58% (1.35%) Compare
LE Lands' End, Inc. $303.7M 0.9× 11.0× +2.71% (above 0%: growing) n/m −285.49% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.99% 4.12% Compare
CURV Torrid Holdings Inc. $244.3M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −11.83% (below 0%: shrinking) +226.80% (above 0%: growing) −120.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 38.73% 6.27% Compare
ZUMZ Zumiez Inc. $221.4M 17.4× 20.2× −2.48% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −124.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.34% (0.63%) Compare
Median of peers $354.4M 11.3× 8.8× −0.96% +144.56% +21.19% 47.47% 3.40%

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Citi Trends, Inc. (CTRN) key facts

  • Strength: Citi Trends, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $820.0 million, up 8.88% from fiscal 2025.
  • Citi Trends, Inc. (CTRN) is an Apparel Retail company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CTRN traded at $48.70, a market capitalization of $416.5 million.
  • Return on equity was 4.54% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.24 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.

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