Citi Trends, Inc. (CTRN) vs J.Jill, Inc. (JILL)

Citi Trends, Inc. and J.Jill, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Citi Trends, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $437.7M against $342.4M — 1.3× the size. J.Jill, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 12.6× against 59.1×. Citi Trends, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against −2.25%. J.Jill, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.62% vs 0.84%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.1% vs 5.01%). Across the 22 metrics below, J.Jill, Inc. leads on 16 and Citi Trends, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CTRN JILL Apparel Retail median
P/E 59.08 12.62 13.45
P/S 0.49 0.58 0.32
P/B 3.45 2.45 1.91
Price to free cash flow 66.23 7.30 11.85
EV/EBITDA 16.23 4.93 8.18
EV/Sales 0.48 0.57 0.55
Earnings yield 1.69% 7.92% 4.97%
Free cash flow yield 1.51% 13.70% 3.74%

Profitability

Metric CTRN JILL Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 39.85% 69.99% 41.90%
Operating margin 0.63% 8.13% 2.50%
Net margin 0.84% 4.62% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 0.75% 7.98% 2.86%
Return on equity 6.17% 20.78% 7.71%
Return on assets 1.55% 6.07% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 5.01% 22.06% 5.83%

Growth

Metric CTRN JILL Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.15% (2.25%) 4.87%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 112.14% (30.27%) 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.92% 6.93% 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (26.32%) 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CTRN JILL Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.52 0.03
Current ratio 1.13 1.30 1.48
Net debt to EBITDA (2.96) 0.45 (0.37)

Dividend

Metric CTRN JILL Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield — 1.52% 2.08%
Payout ratio — 0.20 0.21

Size

Metric CTRN JILL Apparel Retail median
Market cap 437.73m 342.44m 425.23m

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