Citi Trends (CTRN) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GES or CTRN?

61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. 33.7% of Guess? shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Citi Trends shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Guess?	$3.05B	0.23	$60.42M	-$0.24	-55.92
Citi Trends	$753.08M	0.35	-$43.17M	-$4.67	-6.80

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%

Does the media prefer GES or CTRN?

In the previous week, Guess? and Guess? both had 2 articles in the media. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Guess?'s score of 0.83 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend GES or CTRN?

Guess? presently has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.86%. Citi Trends has a consensus price target of $32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.30%. Given Citi Trends' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Which has more volatility & risk, GES or CTRN?

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

Summary

Guess? beats Citi Trends on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.