NASDAQ:CTRN - Citi Trends Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Citi Trends trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CTRN."

Citi Trends declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.08 per share on Tuesday, March 19th. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 4th. View Citi Trends' Dividend History.

Citi Trends declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Friday, March 16th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $25,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Citi Trends, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTRN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, March, 15th. The company reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.03. The business earned $201.16 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $215 million. Citi Trends had a return on equity of 10.67% and a net margin of 2.78%. Citi Trends's revenue for the quarter was down 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.38 EPS. View Citi Trends' Earnings History.

Citi Trends is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Citi Trends.

Citi Trends will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 23rd at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 3032234379.

Citi Trends issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, March, 15th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.85-1.95 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.85. Citi Trends also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $1.85-1.95 EPS.

1 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Citi Trends' shares. Their predictions range from $28.00 to $28.00. On average, they expect Citi Trends' stock price to reach $28.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 62.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Citi Trends.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Citi Trends in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Citi Trends.

News stories about CTRN stock have been trending negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Citi Trends earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Citi Trends' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (9.38%), BlackRock Inc. (8.75%), AQR Capital Management LLC (4.14%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.93%), Foundry Partners LLC (1.83%) and LSV Asset Management (1.76%). Company insiders that own Citi Trends stock include Christina Short, Ivy D Council and Jonathan Duskin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Citi Trends.

CTRN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Man Group plc, BlackRock Inc., IndexIQ Advisors LLC, State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System, Spark Investment Management LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Company insiders that have sold Citi Trends company stock in the last year include Christina Short, Ivy D Council and Jonathan Duskin. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citi Trends.

CTRN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Garnet Equity Capital Holdings Inc., Foundry Partners LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Martingale Asset Management L P, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Geode Capital Management LLC and Oxford Asset Management LLP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Citi Trends.

Shares of CTRN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CTRN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.20.

Citi Trends has a market capitalization of $208.57 million and generates $769.55 million in revenue each year. The company earns $21.37 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.64 on an earnings per share basis. Citi Trends employs 2,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Citi Trends is http://www.cititrends.com/.

Citi Trends' mailing address is 104 COLEMAN BOULEVARD, SAVANNAH GA, 31408. The company can be reached via phone at 912-236-1561.