Consumer Cyclical
Live Price
Offline$59.12
+5.16% today
1Y Change
+68.37%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 2026
Coverage: 248 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $390.00M and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $59.12 and up 68.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 25, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +8.9%, EPS growth of +112.5%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +8.9%, EPS +112.5%, free cash flow +104.5% with operating margin -0.9% and ROIC -1.9%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 73.0 and price/sales 0.5. Stock Foundry combines CTRN price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
CTRN is 49.53 pts ahead over the shared 1Y window.
CTRN had 20.68 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
CTRN beat SPY in 2 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 0.
CTRN
+68.37%
Normalized return
SPY
+18.85%
S&P 500
Excess Return
+49.53 pts
Relative to SPY
CTRN Max Drawdown
-29.81%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for CTRN and SPY.
| Year | CTRN | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +35.37% | +6.71% | +28.67 pts | CTRN |
| 2025 | +22.01% | +11.19% | +10.82 pts | CTRN |
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$991.6M
+24.7% YoY
FY Net Income
$62.2M
+5.7% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$93.9M
+110.5% YoY
Revenue Growth
+8.9%
EPS Growth
+112.5%
Gross Margin
37.3%
Net Margin
0.6%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 820M | 753M | 748M | 795M | 992M |
| Gross Profit | 306M | 282M | 285M | 311M | 408M |
| Operating Income | -7M | -39M | -19M | 75M | 80M |
| EBITDA | 11M | -18M | 3M | 97M | 100M |
| Net Income | 5M | -43M | -12M | 59M | 62M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 66M | 61M | 80M | 103M | 50M |
| Total Assets | 471M | 463M | 519M | 544M | 474M |
| Total Liabilities | 355M | 350M | 361M | 378M | 358M |
| Shareholder Equity | 116M | 113M | 158M | 166M | 116M |
| Total Debt | 223M | 220M | 235M | 268M | 216M |
| Net Debt | 157M | 159M | 155M | 164M | 166M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
111M
+49.2% YoY
Capital Expenditures
17M
+42.9% YoY
Free Cash Flow
94M
+110.5% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
37.3%
Operating Margin
-0.9%
Net Margin
0.6%
ROE
4.7%
Debt / Equity
1.92x
Next Step
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