Citi Trends (CTRN) Competitors $33.93 +0.16 (+0.47%) Closing price 09/12/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$33.92 -0.02 (-0.04%) As of 09/12/2025 04:57 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, ZUMZ, GCO, 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), 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? Shoe Carnival Caleres Zumiez Genesco 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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and valuation. 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 16.44% beat Citi Trends' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Citi Trends-2.13% -21.25% -5.42% Guess? 1.01%16.44%3.05% Which has higher valuation and 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$753.08M0.37-$43.17M-$2.00-16.97Guess?$3.09B0.28$60.42M$0.16104.28 Which has more risk and volatility, CTRN or GES? Citi Trends has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its share price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts prefer CTRN or GES? Citi Trends presently has a consensus target price of $39.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.42%. Guess? has a consensus target price of $16.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.39%. Given Citi Trends' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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 Does the media favor CTRN or GES? In the previous week, Guess? had 5 more articles in the media than Citi Trends. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Guess? and 2 mentions for Citi Trends. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Guess?'s score of 1.45 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 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Guess? 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CTRN or GES? 61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Citi Trends shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Guess? shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. SummaryGuess? beats Citi Trends on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CTRN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. 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$280.49M$9.98B$27.90B$10.14BDividend YieldN/A2.55%173.88%4.60%P/E Ratio-16.9723.1220.6225.98Price / Sales0.371.128.43181.19Price / CashN/A18.8766.6760.44Price / Book2.493.494.826.29Net Income-$43.17M$359.92M$872.26M$271.07M7 Day Performance-10.02%1.23%1.40%3.87%1 Month Performance1.80%12.38%4.17%4.88%1 Year Performance108.29%12.97%19.30%26.12% Citi Trends Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CTRNCiti Trends1.6834 of 5 stars$33.93+0.5%$39.50+16.4%+113.8%$280.49M$753.08M-16.974,600Positive NewsAnalyst UpgradeGESGuess?3.396 of 5 stars$16.90+0.2%$16.75-0.9%-10.5%$877M$3.00B105.6013,000Positive NewsSCVLShoe Carnival4.1371 of 5 stars$24.29-1.3%N/A-40.6%$672.73M$1.20B10.705,500CALCaleres3.2544 of 5 stars$15.58-0.8%$14.00-10.1%-50.7%$530.61M$2.72B8.909,400ZUMZZumiez1.5747 of 5 stars$21.24-0.3%$18.00-15.3%-12.9%$365.54M$889.20M-2,121.888,700GCOGenesco4.2011 of 5 stars$32.98-1.2%$30.00-9.0%+36.7%$359.59M$2.36B-13.5118,000Positive NewsShort Interest ↓DBIDesigner Brands4.0612 of 5 stars$4.17-11.9%$4.00-4.0%-12.7%$230.94M$3.01B-6.1214,000Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionHigh Trading VolumePLCEChildren's Place0.3587 of 5 stars$6.30+15.8%$6.00-4.8%-38.4%$120.59M$1.39B-7.337,900Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastHigh Trading VolumeCATOCato0.7187 of 5 stars$4.72+6.7%N/A+4.6%$87.24M$650.83M-4.677,000TLYSTilly's2.693 of 5 stars$1.98+4.4%$2.25+13.5%-60.9%$57.29M$569.45M-1.305,619Gap UpTJXTJX Companies4.4157 of 5 stars$140.80+1.1%$147.58+4.8%+18.0%$154.99B$56.36B32.07364,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Guess? 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