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Employees: 2,500
Size Citi Trends (CTRN) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Apparel/Footwear Retail) with a market value of $375M, the 2909th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $45.01 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 2.6%, against -6.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 11.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.4%); the operating margin is 0.6% (peer median 3.5%).
Valuation It trades at 22.1× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.4× (4th most expensive of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 50% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +1%, so the hurdle is +49 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 9.5 points below its cost of capital (10.9% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 15.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 1 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $870M | $820M | $753M | $748M | $795M |
| Revenue growth | — | +9% | +1% | -6% | — |
| Gross profit | $327M | $306M | $263M | $266M | $290M |
| EBITDA | $25.3M | $11.5M | -$18.1M | $587,000 | $83.1M |
| Net income | $7.34M | $5.21M | -$43.2M | -$12.0M | $58.9M |
| Free cash flow | $6.50M | $624,000 | -$14.0M | -$24.5M | -$16.5M |
| Capital expenditure | $28.3M | $20.3M | $10.1M | $14.9M | $22.3M |
| Total debt | $225M | $223M | $220M | $235M | $268M |
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| Measure | CTRN | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -11.4% | +0.8% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -2.6% | -6.0% | 9th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -42.2% | -21.3% | 4th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +11.2% | +4.4% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 3.5% | 6th lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 22.1× | 12.4× | 4th most expensive of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 49.7% | 1.3% | most demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +0.9% | +5.8% | 2nd lowest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +48.8 pp | -8.6 pp | most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -9.5 pp | -2.3 pp | 6th lowest of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.7× | 2.8× | 4th most indebted of 19 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citi Trends CTRN | United States | $375M | -3% | +11% | 1% | 22.1× | 49.7% | +0.9% |
| Smcp SMCP.PA | France | $368M | -17% | -1% | 9% | 6.3× | -6.7% | +6.9% |
| Genesco GCO | United States | $390M | +3% | +3% | 1% | 11.6× | 14.5% | +6.4% |
| Shoe Station SHOE | United States | $395M | -19% | -4% | 3% | 13.2× | 8.0% | +3.1% |
| Stitch Fix SFIX | United States | $346M | -23% | +6% | -2% | n/a | 10.2% | -8.5% |
| Purple Style Labs PERNIASPOP.NS | India | $417M | n/a | +14% | -14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| J.Jill JILL | United States | $333M | +70% | -2% | 8% | 10.3× | -5.4% | +6.9% |
| Universal Store UNI.AX | Australia | $425M | +24% | +13% | 17% | 14.1× | 4.0% | +12.3% |
| United Arrows 7606.T | Japan | $426M | -1% | +8% | 6% | 10.1× | -10.9% | +6.2% |
| Designer Brands DBI | United States | $329M | -8% | -1% | 3% | 12.5× | 2.3% | +5.3% |
| Jinfa Labi Maternity & Baby Articles 002762.SZ | China | $429M | -4% | +12% | -14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Caleres CAL | United States | $438M | -6% | +7% | 4% | 6.6× | 0.4% | +5.4% |
| EEKA Fashion 3709.HK | Hong Kong | $442M | -20% | -4% | 8% | 6.8× | -19.3% | +2.6% |
| Baazar Style Retail STYLEBAAZA.NS | India | $314M | -6% | +35% | 5% | 33.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Lindex LINDEX.HE | Finland | $456M | +16% | +4% | 7% | 12.4× | -7.2% | +3.8% |
| Shenzhen Pengfei Green Energy Development 002356.SZ | China | $458M | -29% | -23% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| XEBIO 8281.T | Japan | $298M | +7% | +3% | 1% | n/a | -4.4% | +4.5% |
| Arvind Fashions ARVINDFASN.NS | India | $486M | -25% | +13% | 8% | 26.8× | 16.6% | +22.5% |
| Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ABFRL.NS | India | $503M | -42% | -27% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| boohoo DEBS.L | United Kingdom | $526M | +46% | +120% | 0% | 29.6× | n/a | n/a |
| RVRC RVRC.ST | Sweden | $596M | -1% | +5% | 21% | 14.4× | 7.6% | +17.6% |