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 companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
Guess? pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Citi Trends pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Guess? pays out 562.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Citi Trends pays out -16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
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.
Guess? has a net margin of 1.01% compared to Citi Trends' net margin of -2.13%. Guess?'s return on equity of 16.44% beat Citi Trends' return on equity.
Guess? has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citi Trends has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Guess? had 3 more articles in the media than Citi Trends. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Guess? and 4 mentions for Citi Trends. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Guess?'s score of 0.16 indicating that Citi Trends is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Guess? presently has a consensus price target of $16.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.98%. Citi Trends has a consensus price target of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.78%. Given Citi Trends' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Citi Trends is more favorable than Guess?.
Summary
Guess? beats Citi Trends on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:CTRN) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
