Citi Trends (CTRN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Citi Trends, Inc. is a value-focused specialty retailer serving predominantly African American and Latinx families and communities in the United States. The company operates stores under the Citi Trends banner and offers affordable merchandise for women, men and children.

Its product assortment includes apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty products, home décor, toys, and other seasonal and lifestyle merchandise. Citi Trends emphasizes frequently changing selections and value-oriented prices across its stores and online retail channel.

The company traces its roots to 1946 and has expanded from its origins as a regional retailer into a national chain serving customers primarily in urban and densely populated communities across the United States. Citi Trends is headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq under the symbol CTRN.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $48.99 to $50.58
• 50-Day Range: $49.03 to $76.18
• 52-Week Range: $29.60 to $77.91
• Volume: 154,066 shs
• Average Volume: 186,273 shs
• Market Capitalization: $408.91 million
• P/E Ratio: 59.79
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $81.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Citi Trends Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Citi Trends scored higher than 36% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 362nd out of 483 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Citi Trends has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Citi Trends has a consensus price target of $81.00, representing about 65.2% upside from its current price of $49.03.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Citi Trends has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Citi Trends is 59.79, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Citi Trends is 59.79, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 44.33.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Citi Trends has a P/B Ratio of 3.28. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.19% of the float of Citi Trends has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Citi Trends has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.24.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Citi Trends has recently increased by 3.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Citi Trends does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Citi Trends does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.97

News Sentiment

Citi Trends has a news sentiment score of 0.97. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Citi Trends this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Citi Trends insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $701,000.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

9.60% of the stock of Citi Trends is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Citi Trends has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/25/2026
• Today: 9/26/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/01/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 1/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Specialty Retail
• Sub-Industry: Apparel Retail
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:CTRN
• CIK: 1318484
• Web: www.cititrends.com
• Phone: (912) 236-1561
• Fax: 912-443-3663
• Employees: 4,700
• Year Founded: 1946

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Citi Trends: $81.00
• High Price Target: $81.00
• Low Price Target: $81.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +65.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.82
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 59.79
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $5.21 million
• Net Margins: 0.84%
• Pretax Margin: 0.86%
• Return on Equity: 8.11%
• Return on Assets: 2.00%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.13
• Quick Ratio: 0.43

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $819.96 million
• Price / Sales: 0.50
• Cash Flow: $1.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 31.11
• Book Value: $14.95 per share
• Price / Book: 3.28

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 8,340,000
• Free Float: 7,538,000
• Market Cap: $408.91 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.82