Citi Trends, Inc. (CTRN) vs Shoe Station Group Inc. (SHOE)

Citi Trends, Inc. and Shoe Station Group Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Citi Trends, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $417.6M against $359.4M — 1.2× the size. Shoe Station Group Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 14.7× against 55.1×. Citi Trends, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against −4.13%. Shoe Station Group Inc. has the higher net margin (2.20% vs 0.84%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.57% vs 5.01%). Across the 21 metrics below, Shoe Station Group Inc. leads on 15 and Citi Trends, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric CTRN SHOE Apparel Retail median
P/E 55.09 14.65 12.56
P/S 0.46 0.32 0.35
P/B 3.22 0.52 1.57
Price to free cash flow 61.76 5.32 11.15
EV/EBITDA 21.15 8.06 7.42
EV/Sales 0.62 0.48 0.51
Earnings yield 1.82% 6.83% 5.76%
Free cash flow yield 1.62% 18.79% 4.34%

Profitability

Metric CTRN SHOE Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 39.85% 34.47% 41.90%
Operating margin 0.63% 2.82% 2.50%
Net margin 0.84% 2.20% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 0.75% 6.02% 2.86%
Return on equity 6.17% 3.61% 7.71%
Return on assets 1.55% 2.09% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 5.01% 3.57% 6.41%

Growth

Metric CTRN SHOE Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.15% (4.13%) 4.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 112.14% (29.10%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.92% 3.05% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (26.32%) 26.73% 0.00%

Health

Metric CTRN SHOE Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 1.13 4.04 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA (2.96) (1.29) (0.29)

Dividend

Metric CTRN SHOE Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield — 1.60% 2.94%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.12 0.00

Size

Metric CTRN SHOE Apparel Retail median
Market cap 417.56m 359.37m 358.41m

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