Citi Trends (CTRN) Competitors $25.81 -0.61 (-2.31%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$25.84 +0.04 (+0.14%) As of 07:19 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock CTRN vs. GES, CAL, SCVL, GCO, ZUMZ, DBI, PLCE, CATO, TLYS, and TJXShould you be buying Citi Trends stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citi Trends include Guess? (GES), Caleres (CAL), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Designer Brands (DBI), Children's Place (PLCE), Cato (CATO), Tilly's (TLYS), and TJX Companies (TJX). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry. Citi Trends vs. Guess? Caleres Shoe Carnival Genesco Zumiez Designer Brands Children's Place Cato Tilly's TJX Companies Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) and Guess? (NYSE:GES) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk. Is CTRN or GES a better dividend stock? Citi Trends pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Guess? pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Citi Trends pays out -6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guess? pays out 187.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Guess? has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Guess? is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Do analysts prefer CTRN or GES? Citi Trends presently has a consensus price target of $33.33, indicating a potential upside of 29.15%. Guess? has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.94%. Given Citi Trends' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Citi Trends is more favorable than Guess?.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Citi Trends 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Guess? 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CTRN or GES? Guess? received 198 more outperform votes than Citi Trends when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.58% of users gave Citi Trends an outperform vote while only 53.65% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCiti TrendsOutperform Votes28054.58% Underperform Votes23345.42% Guess?Outperform Votes47853.65% Underperform Votes41346.35% Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CTRN or GES? 61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Citi Trends shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 30.3% of Guess? shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has more risk & volatility, CTRN or GES? Citi Trends has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Does the media favor CTRN or GES? In the previous week, Guess? had 1 more articles in the media than Citi Trends. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Guess? and 2 mentions for Citi Trends. Guess?'s average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Citi Trends' score of 0.93 indicating that Guess? is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Citi Trends 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Guess? 3 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is CTRN or GES more profitable? Guess? has a net margin of 3.19% compared to Citi Trends' net margin of -3.36%. Guess?'s return on equity of 23.29% beat Citi Trends' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Citi Trends-3.36% -14.43% -4.23% Guess? 3.19%23.29%5.05% Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CTRN or GES? Guess? has higher revenue and earnings than Citi Trends. Citi Trends is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guess?, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCiti Trends$753.08M0.28-$11.98M-$5.20-4.96Guess?$3.00B0.19$198.20M$0.6417.29 SummaryGuess? beats Citi Trends on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Citi Trends News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CTRN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart CTRN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricCiti TrendsApparel & accessory stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$218.70M$967.96M$25.03B$8.38BDividend YieldN/A0.51%169.79%4.10%P/E Ratio-8.414.1324.1819.71Price / Sales0.280.683.96116.98Price / Cash26.9843.1119.4134.62Price / Book1.406.446.114.50Net Income-$11.98M-$84.27M$784.05M$248.18M7 Day Performance7.23%7.75%-1.33%1.14%1 Month Performance30.62%9.29%11.59%15.20%1 Year Performance13.55%-19.88%6.90%6.56% Citi Trends Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CTRNCiti Trends1.482 of 5 stars$25.81-2.3%$33.33+29.1%+13.8%$218.70M$753.08M-8.415,400News CoverageGESGuess?3.7186 of 5 stars$12.05+5.4%$12.50+3.7%-56.9%$624.86M$3.00B10.1312,500Positive NewsCALCaleres3.6149 of 5 stars$17.46+15.9%$16.00-8.4%-52.7%$586.87M$2.72B3.899,200Positive NewsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeSCVLShoe Carnival4.5894 of 5 stars$19.58+8.9%$51.00+160.5%-40.9%$532.09M$1.20B7.205,800Positive NewsGCOGenesco3.9965 of 5 stars$23.87+13.0%N/A-16.2%$263.48M$2.33B-9.8218,000News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastGap DownZUMZZumiez2.7932 of 5 stars$13.31+10.5%$22.00+65.3%-28.5%$260.44M$889.20M-5.189,500News CoveragePositive NewsGap DownDBIDesigner Brands4.6298 of 5 stars$3.79+14.7%$4.75+25.5%-63.3%$181.59M$3.01B-126.1213,500Dividend AnnouncementGap UpPLCEChildren's Place0.5533 of 5 stars$6.75+18.2%$9.00+33.3%-54.9%$86.30M$1.39B-0.4811,900Gap DownCATOCato0.6045 of 5 stars$2.67+4.7%N/A-48.7%$53.61M$649.81M-1.937,500TLYSTilly's1.9202 of 5 stars$1.17+9.3%$3.75+220.5%-84.6%$35.28M$569.45M-0.665,700Gap DownTJXTJX Companies4.2386 of 5 stars$131.43+2.6%$136.94+4.2%+38.0%$146.83B$56.36B30.93340,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastGap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Guess? 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