CTRN vs. GES, SCVL, CAL, GCO, ZUMZ, DBI, PLCE, CATO, TLYS, 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), 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
Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) and Guess? (NYSE:GES) are both small-cap apparel retail companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Guess? had 1 more articles in the media than Citi Trends. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Guess? and 2 mentions for Citi Trends. Guess?'s average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Citi Trends' score of 0.34 indicating that Guess? is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Citi Trends presently has a consensus price target of $32.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.98%. Guess? has a consensus price target of $12.50, suggesting a potential downside of 9.49%. Given Citi Trends' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Citi Trends is more favorable than Guess?.
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.
61.7% of Guess? shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of Citi Trends shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Guess? shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Citi Trends has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its share price is 105% 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.
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.
Summary
Guess? beats Citi Trends on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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.
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This page (NASDAQ:CTRN) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
