Contrasting Citi Trends (CTRN) & Its Rivals

Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) is one of 285 public companies in the “Specialty Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Citi Trends to related companies based on the strength of its risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Profitability

This table compares Citi Trends and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Citi Trends	0.84%	8.11%	2.00%
Citi Trends Competitors	-3.62%	-13.67%	3.21%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

51.9% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Citi Trends shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Citi Trends and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Citi Trends	$819.96 million	$5.21 million	54.89
Citi Trends Competitors	$7.06 billion	$386.47 million	29.92

Citi Trends’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Citi Trends. Citi Trends is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Citi Trends has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citi Trends’ rivals have a beta of 1.91, suggesting that their average stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Citi Trends and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Citi Trends	1	0	2	0	2.33
Citi Trends Competitors	3675	15594	21618	590	2.46

Citi Trends currently has a consensus price target of $81.00, indicating a potential upside of 79.96%. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 7.27%. Given Citi Trends’ higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Citi Trends is more favorable than its rivals.

Summary

Citi Trends rivals beat Citi Trends on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About Citi Trends

Citi Trends, Inc. operates as a value retailer of fashion apparel, accessories, and home goods. The company offers apparel, such as fashion sportswear and footwear for men and ladies, as well as apparel for kids, including newborns, infants, toddlers, boys, and girls; sleepwear, lingerie, and scrubs for ladies; and kids uniforms and accessories. It also provides accessories and beauty products that include handbags, luggage, hats, belts, sunglasses, jewelry, and watches, as well as offers outerwear for men and women. In addition, the company offers home and lifestyle products comprising home products for the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and decorative accessories; and food, tech, team sports, health and products, as well as seasonal items, books, and toys. Citi Trends, Inc. provides its products primarily to African American and multicultural families in the United States. The company was formerly known as Allied Fashion, Inc. and changed its name to Citi Trends, Inc. in 2001. Citi Trends, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Savannah, Georgia.