Citi Trends (CTRN) Competitors $31.86 +0.70 (+2.23%) As of 01:53 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock CTRN vs. GES, SCVL, CAL, 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), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Caleres (CAL), 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. Its Competitors Guess? Shoe Carnival Caleres Genesco Zumiez Designer Brands Children's Place Cato Tilly's TJX Companies Guess? (NYSE:GES) and Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) are both small-cap apparel retail companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation. Do analysts recommend GES or CTRN? Guess? presently has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.75%. Citi Trends has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.02%. Given Citi Trends' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Citi Trends is more favorable than Guess?.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Guess? 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Citi Trends 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media prefer GES or CTRN? In the previous week, Citi Trends had 4 more articles in the media than Guess?. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Citi Trends and 0 mentions for Guess?. Guess?'s average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Citi Trends' score of 0.51 indicating that Guess? is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Overall Sentiment Guess? Very Positive Citi Trends Positive Do institutionals and insiders believe in GES or CTRN? 61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.7% of Guess? 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 will outperform the market over the long term. Is GES or CTRN more profitable? Guess? has a net margin of 0.47% compared to Citi Trends' net margin of -5.06%. Guess?'s return on equity of 18.25% beat Citi Trends' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Guess?0.47% 18.25% 3.43% Citi Trends -5.06%-27.90%-7.27% Which has more volatility and risk, GES or CTRN? Guess? has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citi Trends has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GES or CTRN? Guess? has higher revenue and earnings than Citi Trends. Guess? is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Citi Trends, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGuess?$3.00B0.24$60.42M-$0.24-56.46Citi Trends$753.08M0.35-$43.17M-$4.67-6.82 SummaryGuess? beats Citi Trends on 9 of the 16 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 CTRN 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 TrendsRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$264.08M$7.47B$26.80B$9.81BDividend YieldN/A2.88%172.89%4.13%P/E Ratio-6.8257.7926.8825.16Price / Sales0.351.1511.75102.78Price / CashN/A16.9417.2728.01Price / Book2.452.985.655.82Net Income-$43.17M$372.41M$874.58M$265.22M7 Day Performance4.89%-0.30%0.90%0.75%1 Month Performance5.59%-1.27%-1.45%1.97%1 Year Performance104.46%3.92%20.37%27.33% Citi Trends Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CTRNCiti Trends0.3797 of 5 stars$31.86+2.2%$32.50+2.0%+91.4%$264.08M$753.08M-6.824,600News CoverageGESGuess?2.431 of 5 stars$13.12+5.3%$12.50-4.7%-39.6%$648.13M$3.00B-54.6413,000Positive NewsSCVLShoe Carnival4.4472 of 5 stars$20.56+2.5%$51.00+148.1%-49.5%$547.95M$1.20B8.605,500Positive NewsCALCaleres3.5753 of 5 stars$13.90+5.6%$14.00+0.7%-62.3%$445.11M$2.68B5.799,400GCOGenesco3.7094 of 5 stars$24.47+3.5%$24.50+0.1%-11.8%$254.81M$2.33B-15.6818,000ZUMZZumiez3.2881 of 5 stars$14.17+6.7%$25.00+76.4%-42.4%$235.99M$889.20M1,418.428,700Positive NewsDBIDesigner Brands4.2108 of 5 stars$2.76+7.8%$3.50+26.8%-59.7%$124.99M$3.01B-4.0614,000PLCEChildren's Place0.8336 of 5 stars$4.56+0.4%$6.00+31.6%-40.3%$100.64M$1.39B-1.467,900CATOCato0.7237 of 5 stars$2.78-0.4%N/A-42.4%$55.07M$649.81M-2.067,000TLYSTilly's3.1512 of 5 stars$1.68-1.4%$2.25+34.2%-72.2%$51.26M$569.45M-1.035,619Gap UpTJXTJX Companies4.5452 of 5 stars$129.12+2.5%$141.06+9.2%+19.6%$140.75B$56.99B30.38364,000Positive NewsAnalyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Guess? 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