Caleres, Inc. (CAL) vs Citi Trends, Inc. (CTRN)

Caleres, Inc. and Citi Trends, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Caleres, Inc. and Citi Trends, Inc. are of similar size ($431.0M and $417.6M). Caleres, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 8.3× against 55.1×. Citi Trends, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against 7.32%. Caleres, Inc. has the higher net margin (1.77% vs 0.84%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.62% vs 5.01%). Across the 20 metrics below, Caleres, Inc. leads on 15 and Citi Trends, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CAL CTRN Apparel Retail median
P/E 8.29 55.09 12.56
P/S 0.14 0.46 0.35
P/B 0.60 3.22 1.57
Price to free cash flow n/m 61.76 11.15
EV/EBITDA 7.42 21.15 7.42
EV/Sales 0.40 0.62 0.51
Earnings yield 12.06% 1.82% 5.76%
Free cash flow yield (11.23%) 1.62% 4.34%

Profitability

Metric CAL CTRN Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 46.25% 39.85% 41.90%
Operating margin 3.05% 0.63% 2.50%
Net margin 1.77% 0.84% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 2.21% 0.75% 2.86%
Return on equity 7.71% 6.17% 7.71%
Return on assets 2.34% 1.55% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 8.62% 5.01% 6.41%

Growth

Metric CAL CTRN Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 7.32% 11.15% 4.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (106.80%) 112.14% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.43% 0.92% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (26.32%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CAL CTRN Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 1.11 1.13 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA (0.42) (2.96) (0.29)

Dividend

Metric CAL CTRN Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 0.83% — 2.94%
Payout ratio 0.07 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric CAL CTRN Apparel Retail median
Market cap 430.97m 417.56m 358.41m

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