Carter's, Inc. (CRI) vs Citi Trends, Inc. (CTRN)

Carter's, Inc. and Citi Trends, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Carter's, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.2B against $437.7M — 2.7× the size. Carter's, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 5.4× against 59.1×. Citi Trends, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against 5.01%. Carter's, Inc. has the higher net margin (7.30% vs 0.84%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.6% vs 5.01%). Across the 22 metrics below, Carter's, Inc. leads on 16 and Citi Trends, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CRI CTRN Apparel Retail median
P/E 5.40 59.08 13.45
P/S 0.39 0.49 0.32
P/B 1.10 3.45 1.91
Price to free cash flow 7.17 66.23 11.85
EV/EBITDA 4.64 16.23 8.18
EV/Sales 0.57 0.48 0.55
Earnings yield 18.52% 1.69% 4.97%
Free cash flow yield 13.94% 1.51% 3.74%

Profitability

Metric CRI CTRN Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 49.13% 39.85% 41.90%
Operating margin 10.38% 0.63% 2.50%
Net margin 7.30% 0.84% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 10.75% 0.75% 2.86%
Return on equity 22.65% 6.17% 7.71%
Return on assets 8.46% 1.55% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 17.60% 5.01% 5.83%

Growth

Metric CRI CTRN Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.01% 11.15% 4.87%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (50.59%) 112.14% 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (0.85%) 0.92% 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (3.99%) (26.32%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CRI CTRN Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.54 0.00 0.03
Current ratio 2.78 1.13 1.48
Net debt to EBITDA 0.40 (2.96) (0.37)

Dividend

Metric CRI CTRN Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 3.08% — 2.08%
Payout ratio 0.17 — 0.21

Size

Metric CRI CTRN Apparel Retail median
Market cap 1.20b 437.73m 425.23m

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