Citi Trends (CTRN) Competitors $29.83 -0.43 (-1.42%) Closing price 07/15/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$29.73 -0.10 (-0.34%) As of 07/15/2025 04:20 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation. Does the media prefer CTRN or GES? In the previous week, Citi Trends had 1 more articles in the media than Guess?. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Citi Trends and 2 mentions for Guess?. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Guess?'s score of 0.57 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) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Guess? 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do analysts rate CTRN or GES? Citi Trends presently has a consensus target price of $32.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.95%. Guess? has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.00%. Given Citi Trends' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is CTRN or GES more profitable? Guess? has a net margin of 0.47% compared to Citi Trends' net margin of -5.06%. Guess?'s return on equity of 18.25% beat Citi Trends' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Citi Trends-5.06% -27.90% -7.27% Guess? 0.47%18.25%3.43% Which has more volatility & risk, CTRN or GES? Citi Trends has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CTRN or GES? 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCiti Trends$753.08M0.33-$43.17M-$4.67-6.39Guess?$3.00B0.21$60.42M-$0.24-51.57 Do institutionals & insiders believe in CTRN or GES? 61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryCiti Trends and Guess? tied by winning 8 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. Email Address 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$250.98M$7.61B$26.69B$9.30BDividend YieldN/A2.91%177.06%4.03%P/E Ratio-6.3964.1229.3519.58Price / Sales0.331.255.8993.37Price / CashN/A16.9748.0457.93Price / Book2.302.955.665.54Net Income-$43.17M$372.42M$876.41M$257.73M7 Day Performance-1.84%-1.50%-1.92%-0.08%1 Month Performance-0.13%1.09%4.18%8.09%1 Year Performance43.90%-8.49%20.65%13.02% Citi Trends Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)CTRNCiti Trends0.4809 of 5 stars$29.83-1.4%$32.50+9.0%+49.6%$250.98M$753.08M-6.394,600Positive NewsGESGuess?2.2936 of 5 stars$12.73-0.8%$12.50-1.8%-45.2%$661.95M$3.00B-53.0213,000SCVLShoe Carnival4.6403 of 5 stars$21.00-1.5%$51.00+142.9%-47.6%$574.14M$1.20B8.795,500Positive NewsCALCaleres3.436 of 5 stars$14.30-2.6%$14.00-2.1%-59.0%$483.43M$2.68B5.969,400GCOGenesco3.4623 of 5 stars$23.22-1.5%$24.50+5.5%-16.4%$250.29M$2.34B-14.8818,000News CoverageZUMZZumiez3.1984 of 5 stars$13.19-0.7%$25.00+89.5%-38.8%$234.39M$889.20M1,320.328,700Positive NewsDBIDesigner Brands3.6941 of 5 stars$3.12-0.2%$3.50+12.4%-58.9%$152.09M$2.95B-4.5814,000PLCEChildren's Place0.5827 of 5 stars$4.99+0.2%$6.00+20.2%-39.6%$110.63M$1.39B-1.597,900CATOCato0.7788 of 5 stars$2.86-8.5%N/A-43.8%$56.35M$642.95M-2.117,000TLYSTilly's2.9677 of 5 stars$1.43-2.7%$2.25+57.3%-75.3%$43.12M$561.21M-0.885,619TJXTJX Companies4.9437 of 5 stars$123.54-0.1%$141.06+14.2%+7.0%$138.00B$56.99B29.07364,000Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Guess? 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