Citi Trends (CTRN) Competitors $35.02 -0.61 (-1.71%) Closing price 09/2/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$35.97 +0.95 (+2.71%) As of 09/2/2025 05:30 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours 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 Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) and Guess? (NYSE:GES) 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 dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability. Is CTRN or GES more profitable? Guess? has a net margin of 1.01% compared to Citi Trends' net margin of -2.13%. Guess?'s return on equity of 16.86% beat Citi Trends' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Citi Trends-2.13% -21.07% -5.42% Guess? 1.01%16.86%3.05% Does the media prefer CTRN or GES? In the previous week, Guess? had 23 more articles in the media than Citi Trends. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Guess? and 10 mentions for Citi Trends. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Guess?'s score of 0.71 indicating that Citi Trends is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Citi Trends 5 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Guess? 8 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 6 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts prefer CTRN or GES? Citi Trends currently has a consensus target price of $39.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.79%. Guess? has a consensus target price of $16.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.73%. 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 Citi Trends 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Guess? 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Which has more volatility & risk, CTRN or GES? Citi Trends has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CTRN or GES? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCiti Trends$753.08M0.39-$43.17M-$2.00-17.51Guess?$3.00B0.29$60.42M$0.16105.46 Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CTRN or GES? 61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Citi Trends shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Guess? shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryGuess? beats Citi Trends on 10 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. 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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$295.52M$7.92B$27.25B$9.77BDividend YieldN/A2.63%173.93%4.50%P/E Ratio-17.5169.2627.1026.39Price / Sales0.391.177.78110.55Price / CashN/A18.1817.3028.92Price / Book2.703.414.656.58Net Income-$43.17M$360.00M$872.94M$265.84M7 Day Performance-4.79%-0.89%-0.89%-0.26%1 Month Performance20.39%12.12%5.09%5.82%1 Year Performance153.22%9.68%17.94%22.47% Citi Trends Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CTRNCiti Trends1.4375 of 5 stars$35.02-1.7%$39.50+12.8%+144.9%$295.52M$753.08M-17.514,600Earnings ReportGESGuess?2.1848 of 5 stars$16.81-0.2%$14.88-11.5%-18.6%$875.96M$3.00B-70.0413,000Earnings ReportDividend CutAnalyst RevisionSCVLShoe Carnival4.125 of 5 stars$22.34+0.6%$51.00+128.3%-47.0%$606.85M$1.20B9.355,500Upcoming EarningsCALCaleres3.6709 of 5 stars$15.30-1.4%$14.00-8.5%-64.8%$524.19M$2.72B6.379,400Upcoming EarningsDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionGCOGenesco3.5904 of 5 stars$28.42-0.5%$24.50-13.8%+5.9%$307.84M$2.33B-18.2118,000News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst RevisionZUMZZumiez2.4258 of 5 stars$16.49+3.1%$25.00+51.6%-37.5%$284.33M$889.20M1,650.658,700Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsDBIDesigner Brands3.9751 of 5 stars$3.47-3.2%$3.50+1.0%-43.1%$174.79M$3.01B-5.1014,000Upcoming EarningsPLCEChildren's Place1.0468 of 5 stars$4.49-0.2%$6.00+33.6%-8.8%$99.76M$1.39B-1.437,900CATOCato1.2269 of 5 stars$4.07+10.0%N/A-11.3%$73.03M$649.81M-4.037,000Gap UpTLYSTilly's2.7372 of 5 stars$1.99+10.9%$2.25+13.4%-66.2%$53.97M$569.45M-1.235,619News CoverageUpcoming EarningsGap DownTJXTJX Companies4.4199 of 5 stars$135.46-0.8%$147.58+8.9%+18.0%$152.53B$56.36B30.86364,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Guess? 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