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Citi Trends, Inc.

CTRN

NASDAQ·Consumer Cyclical·Apparel - Retail·Mkt cap $469.1M

$55.28

-1.85%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$28.44 - $66.38

P/E

115.17

Fwd P/E

63.18

Beta

1.88

Div Yield

0.00%

Avg Vol

151.7K

Shares Out

8.3M

Mkt Cap

$469.1M

Price action

Price chart

Up 70.0% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Deep demographic expertise and cultural relevance with African American and Latinx consumers
  • Extensive footprint in underserved urban and rural markets with limited direct competition
  • Value pricing strategy combined with curated merchandise selection creates customer loyalty
  • Established supply chain and vendor relationships optimized for affordable fashion retail

Bear Case

2 risks

  • Above-average volatility (beta 1.9).
  • Extreme premium - high expectations embedded

Growth

Strong growth ahead

Store expansion in secondary and tertiary markets with growing minority populations

Value

Extreme premium - high expectations embedded

Momentum

Hot

+29.9% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Excellent business quality

Dividend

None

No dividend

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Aug 25, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

JUN 2, 2026

Reported EPS of $1.08 vs $0.32 consensus (+242.9% surprise). Revenue of $230.9M vs $217.4M expected (+6.2%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +242.9%
Rev beat +6.2%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+242.9%

Next: Aug 25, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

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+8%

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+9%

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Q4 25

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Q3 25

Q4 26

Q1 26

$176.6M

$179.1M

$211.2M

$201.7M

$190.8M

$197.1M

$230.4M

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Margins · last 8Q

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Operating

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Wall Street consensus

1 analyst · 100% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

1

100%

Hold

0%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

Latest: DA Davidson · May 28, 2026

vs Industry

How CTRN stacks vs Apparel - Retail

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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