Citi Trends (CTRN) Competitors

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 risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CTRN or CAL?

Caleres received 127 more outperform votes than Citi Trends when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.23% of users gave Caleres an outperform vote while only 54.58% of users gave Citi Trends an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Citi Trends	Outperform Votes 280 54.58%	Underperform Votes 233 45.42%
Caleres	Outperform Votes 407 62.23%	Underperform Votes 247 37.77%

Does the media favor CTRN or CAL?

In the previous week, Caleres had 5 more articles in the media than Citi Trends. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Caleres and 2 mentions for Citi Trends. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Caleres' score of 0.71 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
Caleres	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CTRN or CAL a better dividend stock?

Citi Trends pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Caleres pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Citi Trends pays out -6.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caleres pays out 9.1% 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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CTRN or CAL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Citi Trends	$753.08M	0.23	-$11.98M	-$5.20	-3.77
Caleres	$2.72B	0.19	$171.39M	$3.07	4.90

Which has more risk and volatility, CTRN or CAL?

Citi Trends has a beta of 2.02, indicating that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caleres has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CTRN or CAL?

Citi Trends currently has a consensus target price of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 70.15%. Caleres has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.38%. Given Citi Trends' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Citi Trends is more favorable than Caleres.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Citi Trends	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Caleres	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is CTRN or CAL more profitable?

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%	-14.43%	-4.23%
Caleres	5.69%	22.71%	7.03%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CTRN or CAL?

98.4% of Caleres shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Citi Trends shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Caleres shares are held 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.

Summary

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