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Citi Trends

NSQ:CTRN · US17306X1028
Specialty RetailMedium

360

58
EV / EBIT12
Price / Owner Earnings9
Owner Earnings Yield39
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales61
EV / Gross Profit51
Price/Book39
Return on Capital29
Cash Return on Capital41
Return on Equity60
EBIT Margin26
Gross Profitability69
Cash Conversion82
Accruals56
Owner Earnings Margin36
Sales growth81
Profit growth21
Reinvestment98
Price momentum64
Debt load48
Refinancing15
Debt Payback20
Liquidity23
Analyst ratings100
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside82
Market mood13
Value Creation14/20strong value creator
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Citi Trends generates returns well above its cost of capital, the foundation of durable shareholder value.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustrySpecialty Retail
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded1999
Employees944
Websitecititrends.com
ISINUS17306X1028
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
NASDAQ (USA)Sound Pay Practices (USA)
Themes
LifestyleFast-Moving Consumer GoodsE-CommerceFashionRetail

Description

Citi Trends, Inc. is an off-price value retailer specifically focused on Black customers, delivering the styles, brands, and trends at amazing prices that resonate with the company’s primary and secondary customers. The company’s product offering is…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Citi Trends, Inc. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 53.8×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year.

Growth is solid; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 14/20 on our value-creation score: strong value creator.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
17
2023202420252026

All-time high

100

Jan 2023

All-time low

17

Jun 2026

Average rank

45

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
61
64
73
68
Price/Earnings
9
8
8
75
Price/Book
39
50
64
44
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
28
14
45
47

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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