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CTRN vs. GES, SCVL, CAL, ZUMZ, GCO, DBI, PLCE, CATO, TLYS, and TJX

Should 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), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), 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? (NYSE:GES) and Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) are both small-cap apparel retail companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

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%

Guess? has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citi Trends has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 Ratio
Guess?$3.00B0.22$60.42M-$0.24-53.92
Citi Trends$753.08M0.36-$43.17M-$4.67-7.10

In the previous week, Guess? had 1 more articles in the media than Citi Trends. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Guess? and 1 mentions for Citi Trends. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Guess?'s score of 0.96 indicating that Citi Trends is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Guess?
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Citi Trends
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. 33.7% of Guess? shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.7% of Citi Trends shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Guess? presently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.40%. Citi Trends has a consensus target price of $32.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.93%. Given Citi Trends' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
2.00
Citi Trends
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Guess? beats Citi Trends on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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CTRN vs. The Competition

MetricCiti TrendsRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$274.04M$7.72B$26.58B$8.87B
Dividend YieldN/A2.91%175.55%4.10%
P/E Ratio-7.1066.6129.7619.90
Price / Sales0.361.254.72113.66
Price / CashN/A16.4045.9756.90
Price / Book2.534.665.895.38
Net Income-$43.17M$369.65M$872.48M$248.50M
7 Day Performance8.12%6.96%4.91%2.97%
1 Month Performance22.70%3.38%6.14%6.02%
1 Year Performance71.00%-2.52%21.95%20.39%

Citi Trends Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTRN
Citi Trends
0.8319 of 5 stars
$33.14
+0.3%
$32.50
-1.9%
+68.2%$274.04M$753.08M-7.104,600Positive News
GES
Guess?
1.9891 of 5 stars
$11.88
-0.7%
$12.50
+5.2%
-36.5%$618.00M$3.00B-49.5013,000
SCVL
Shoe Carnival
4.7102 of 5 stars
$18.79
-3.4%
$51.00
+171.4%
-44.2%$513.72M$1.20B7.865,500Positive News
Dividend Announcement
CAL
Caleres
3.7406 of 5 stars
$12.55
-0.3%
$14.00
+11.6%
-59.4%$424.09M$2.72B5.239,400
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.7386 of 5 stars
$12.74
+1.6%
$25.00
+96.2%
-25.2%$226.39M$889.20M1,275.288,700
GCO
Genesco
2.9376 of 5 stars
$20.98
-6.0%
$24.50
+16.8%
-12.5%$226.16M$2.33B-13.4518,000Positive News
DBI
Designer Brands
4.1303 of 5 stars
$2.31
+0.9%
$3.50
+51.4%
-59.8%$112.82M$3.01B-3.4014,000
PLCE
Children's Place
0.7056 of 5 stars
$3.74
-3.9%
$6.00
+60.4%
-43.7%$82.92M$1.39B-1.197,900Positive News
CATO
Cato
0.5438 of 5 stars
$2.84
+2.5%
N/A-45.7%$56.06M$649.81M-2.107,000
TLYS
Tilly's
3.9395 of 5 stars
$1.22
+1.7%
$2.25
+84.4%
-69.4%$36.78M$569.45M-0.755,619Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
TJX
TJX Companies
4.8341 of 5 stars
$124.84
+1.1%
$141.53
+13.4%
+13.2%$139.46B$56.36B29.37364,000Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CTRN) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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