CTRN vs. TLYS, DLTH, VNCE, ZUMZ, CURV, DXLG, DTC, BARK, STKS, and VRA
Should you be buying Citi Trends stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citi Trends include Tilly's (TLYS), Duluth (DLTH), Vince (VNCE), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Torrid (CURV), Destination XL Group (DXLG), Solo Brands (DTC), BARK (BARK), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), and Vera Bradley (VRA).
Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) and Tilly's (NYSE:TLYS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Citi Trends has higher revenue and earnings than Tilly's. Citi Trends is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tilly's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.4% of Tilly's shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Citi Trends shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of Tilly's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Citi Trends has a net margin of -1.60% compared to Tilly's' net margin of -5.54%. Citi Trends' return on equity of -6.74% beat Tilly's' return on equity.
Tilly's received 191 more outperform votes than Citi Trends when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.56% of users gave Tilly's an outperform vote while only 55.44% of users gave Citi Trends an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Citi Trends had 10 more articles in the media than Tilly's. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Citi Trends and 0 mentions for Tilly's. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Tilly's' score of 0.00 indicating that Citi Trends is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Citi Trends presently has a consensus price target of $27.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.19%. Tilly's has a consensus price target of $7.88, indicating a potential upside of 31.91%. Given Tilly's' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tilly's is more favorable than Citi Trends.
Citi Trends has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tilly's has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Citi Trends beats Tilly's on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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