Citi Trends, Inc. (CTRN) vs Genesco Inc. (GCO)

Citi Trends, Inc. and Genesco Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Citi Trends, Inc. and Genesco Inc. are of similar size ($416.5M and $404.9M). Genesco Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 9.2× against 54.7×. Citi Trends, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against 3.00%. Genesco Inc. has the higher net margin (1.71% vs 0.84%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.83% vs 5.01%). Across the 22 metrics below, Genesco Inc. leads on 19 and Citi Trends, Inc. on 3.

Valuation

Metric CTRN GCO Apparel Retail median
P/E 54.72 9.21 13.40
P/S 0.46 0.16 0.31
P/B 3.20 0.70 1.73
Price to free cash flow 61.35 5.29 12.11
EV/EBITDA 14.99 3.66 7.58
EV/Sales 0.44 0.15 0.51
Earnings yield 1.83% 10.86% 5.50%
Free cash flow yield 1.63% 18.89% 3.85%

Profitability

Metric CTRN GCO Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 39.85% 47.54% 41.90%
Operating margin 0.63% 1.98% 2.50%
Net margin 0.84% 1.71% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 0.75% 3.03% 2.86%
Return on equity 6.17% 7.84% 7.71%
Return on assets 1.55% 2.85% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 5.01% 5.83% 6.41%

Growth

Metric CTRN GCO Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.15% 3.00% 4.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 112.14% 171.84% 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.92% 6.40% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (26.32%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CTRN GCO Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.03 0.01
Current ratio 1.13 1.58 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA (2.96) (1.44) (0.38)

Dividend

Metric CTRN GCO Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield — — 1.80%
Payout ratio — — 0.21

Size

Metric CTRN GCO Apparel Retail median
Market cap 416.47m 404.89m 371.52m

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