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Citi Trends (CTRN) Competitors

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$25.23 +0.40 (+1.61%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

CTRN vs. CAL, GES, GCO, ZUMZ, DBI, PLCE, TLYS, CATO, EXPR, and TJX

Should you be buying Citi Trends stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Citi Trends include Caleres (CAL), Guess? (GES), Genesco (GCO), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Designer Brands (DBI), Children's Place (PLCE), Tilly's (TLYS), Cato (CATO), Express (EXPR), and TJX Companies (TJX). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Citi Trends vs.

Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) and Caleres (NYSE:CAL) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and risk.

In the previous week, Caleres had 2 more articles in the media than Citi Trends. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Caleres and 2 mentions for Citi Trends. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Caleres' score of 0.37 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)
Positive
Caleres
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

98.4% of Caleres shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Citi Trends shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Caleres shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Citi Trends pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Caleres pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Citi Trends pays out -10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caleres pays out 6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Citi Trends is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Caleres has higher revenue and earnings than Citi Trends. Citi Trends is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caleres, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Citi Trends$757.09M0.29-$11.98M-$3.07-8.22
Caleres$2.78B0.28$171.39M$4.495.24

Citi Trends has a beta of 2.36, suggesting that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caleres has a beta of 1.92, suggesting that its share price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Caleres received 129 more outperform votes than Citi Trends when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.33% of users gave Caleres an outperform vote while only 54.94% of users gave Citi Trends an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Citi TrendsOutperform Votes
278
54.94%
Underperform Votes
228
45.06%
CaleresOutperform Votes
407
62.33%
Underperform Votes
246
37.67%

Citi Trends presently has a consensus target price of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.66%. Caleres has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.50%. Given Caleres' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Caleres is more favorable than Citi Trends.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Citi Trends
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Caleres
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Caleres has a net margin of 5.69% compared to Citi Trends' net margin of -3.36%. Caleres' return on equity of 22.71% beat Citi Trends' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Citi Trends-3.36% -13.96% -4.15%
Caleres 5.69%22.71%7.03%

Summary

Caleres beats Citi Trends on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CTRN vs. The Competition

MetricCiti TrendsApparel & accessory stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$219.75M$926.56M$24.44B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A0.53%167.12%4.23%
P/E Ratio-8.224.08109.0017.19
Price / Sales0.290.273.12116.95
Price / Cash25.4855.4421.7837.86
Price / Book1.371.665.424.78
Net Income-$11.98M-$31.90M$676.04M$225.60M
7 Day Performance1.82%10.75%-2.92%-1.23%
1 Month Performance41.03%11.23%0.51%3.36%
1 Year Performance-5.29%17.48%9.02%16.60%

Citi Trends Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CTRN
Citi Trends
0.4547 of 5 stars
$25.23
+1.6%
$27.67
+9.7%
-1.1%$219.75M$757.09M-8.224,800
CAL
Caleres
4.3165 of 5 stars
$24.22
-3.2%
$30.00
+23.9%
-22.7%$814.49M$2.78B5.579,200Dividend Announcement
GES
Guess?
4.0164 of 5 stars
$15.17
-1.0%
$25.00
+64.8%
-39.8%$780.60M$2.95B12.8812,000
GCO
Genesco
3.8745 of 5 stars
$43.31
+0.3%
$31.00
-28.4%
+24.3%$486.03M$2.32B-17.7718,000Insider Trade
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.7104 of 5 stars
$20.08
+1.6%
$22.00
+9.6%
+0.7%$384.93M$875.49M-7.698,900
DBI
Designer Brands
3.729 of 5 stars
$5.83
-2.3%
$5.75
-1.4%
-34.8%$323.56M$3.05B-202.6714,000Negative News
Gap Down
PLCE
Children's Place
0.3265 of 5 stars
$11.00
+1.6%
$11.00
-55.6%$140.58M$1.60B-0.828,390Gap Down
TLYS
Tilly's
2.2772 of 5 stars
$3.58
+3.2%
$5.50
+53.6%
-55.0%$107.94M$595.19M-1.966,048
CATO
Cato
1.9691 of 5 stars
$3.76
+12.2%
N/A-44.0%$77.22M$666.78M-2.627,300High Trading Volume
EXPR
Express
N/AN/AN/AN/A$3.11M$1.79B0.0210,000Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
TJX
TJX Companies
4.3724 of 5 stars
$124.22
-0.5%
$130.89
+5.4%
+35.5%$139.64B$54.22B29.38349,000

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This page (NASDAQ:CTRN) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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