CTRN vs. DLTH, VNCE, DBI, ZUMZ, GCO, TLYS, PLCE, CATO, EXPR, and HBI
Should you be buying Citi Trends stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citi Trends include Duluth (DLTH), Vince (VNCE), Designer Brands (DBI), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), Tilly's (TLYS), Children's Place (PLCE), Cato (CATO), Express (EXPR), and Hanesbrands (HBI).
Duluth (NASDAQ:DLTH) and Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
24.4% of Duluth shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.3% of Duluth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Citi Trends shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Citi Trends had 6 more articles in the media than Duluth. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Citi Trends and 7 mentions for Duluth. Duluth's average media sentiment score of -0.12 beat Citi Trends' score of -0.49 indicating that Citi Trends is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Citi Trends has a net margin of -1.16% compared to Citi Trends' net margin of -2.09%. Duluth's return on equity of -4.98% beat Citi Trends' return on equity.
Duluth currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.68%. Citi Trends has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.42%. Given Citi Trends' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Duluth is more favorable than Citi Trends.
Duluth has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citi Trends has a beta of 2.38, indicating that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Duluth received 76 more outperform votes than Citi Trends when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.12% of users gave Duluth an outperform vote while only 55.42% of users gave Citi Trends an outperform vote.
Duluth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Citi Trends. Citi Trends is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duluth, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Citi Trends beats Duluth on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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