Citi Trends, Inc. (CTRN) vs Zumiez Inc. (ZUMZ)

Citi Trends, Inc. and Zumiez Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Citi Trends, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $416.5M against $221.4M — 1.9× the size. Zumiez Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.4× against 54.7×. Citi Trends, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.2% against 3.61%. Zumiez Inc. has the higher net margin (1.36% vs 0.84%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.98% vs 5.01%). Across the 21 metrics below, Zumiez Inc. leads on 16 and Citi Trends, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CTRN ZUMZ Apparel Retail median
P/E 54.72 17.36 13.40
P/S 0.46 0.23 0.31
P/B 3.20 0.78 1.73
Price to free cash flow 61.35 8.70 12.11
EV/EBITDA 14.99 3.20 7.58
EV/Sales 0.44 0.14 0.51
Earnings yield 1.83% 5.76% 5.50%
Free cash flow yield 1.63% 11.49% 3.85%

Profitability

Metric CTRN ZUMZ Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 39.85% 36.06% 41.90%
Operating margin 0.63% 2.18% 2.50%
Net margin 0.84% 1.36% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 0.75% 2.69% 2.86%
Return on equity 6.17% 4.44% 7.71%
Return on assets 1.55% 2.03% 2.85%
Return on invested capital 5.01% 6.98% 6.41%

Growth

Metric CTRN ZUMZ Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.15% 3.61% 4.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 112.14% 966.67% 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.92% (1.28%) 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (26.32%) (29.39%) 0.00%

Health

Metric CTRN ZUMZ Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 1.13 1.71 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA (2.96) (4.21) (0.38)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric CTRN ZUMZ Apparel Retail median
Market cap 416.47m 221.38m 371.52m

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