CTRN vs. GES, SCVL, CAL, ZUMZ, GCO, DBI, PLCE, TLYS, CATO, 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), Tilly's (TLYS), Cato (CATO), and TJX Companies (TJX). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.
Citi Trends vs.
Guess? (NYSE:GES) and Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.
Guess? received 198 more outperform votes than Citi Trends when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.69% of users gave Citi Trends an outperform vote while only 53.77% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote.
61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. 30.3% 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 endowments, hedge funds 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.
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? currently has a consensus price target of $22.33, indicating a potential upside of 90.15%. Citi Trends has a consensus price target of $33.33, indicating a potential upside of 49.21%. Given Guess?'s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Guess? is more favorable than Citi Trends.
Guess? has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citi Trends has a beta of 2.29, meaning that its stock price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Citi Trends had 12 more articles in the media than Guess?. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Citi Trends and 16 mentions for Guess?. Guess?'s average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Citi Trends' score of 0.07 indicating that Guess? is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Guess? pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Citi Trends pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Guess? pays out 100.8% 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 -6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Guess? beats Citi Trends on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:CTRN) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
