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.
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 earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
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.
Guess? received 198 more outperform votes than Citi Trends when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.47% of users gave Citi Trends an outperform vote while only 53.53% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote.
Citi Trends pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Guess? pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.6%. Citi Trends pays out -6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Guess? pays out -500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. 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.
61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of Citi Trends shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Guess? shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Guess? had 21 more articles in the media than Citi Trends. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Guess? and 7 mentions for Citi Trends. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Guess?'s score of 0.31 indicating that Citi Trends is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Citi Trends currently has a consensus price target of $32.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.80%. Guess? has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.28%. Given Guess?'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Guess? is more favorable than Citi Trends.
Citi Trends has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Guess? beats Citi Trends on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CTRN) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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