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Citi Trends Inc

CTRNNasdaq

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Signs● 5 good● 1 warningdetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY26FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
Revenue$820.0M$753.1M$747.9M$795.0M$991.6M$783.3M
Operating income$3.9M−$39.5M−$19.5M$75.3M$79.5M$31.9M
Net income$5.2M−$43.2M−$12.0M$58.9M$62.2M$24.0M
Total assets$471.2M$462.8M$518.7M$544.3M$474.0M$494.6M
Total liabilities$354.9M$349.6M$361.0M$377.8M$357.9M$331.0M
Equity$116.3M$113.2M$157.7M$166.4M$116.1M$163.6M
EPS (diluted)$0.63$-5.19$-1.46$7.17$6.91$2.32
Shares out.8.3M8.3M8.5M8.3M8.7M9.4M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2026
Operating margin
0.5%
Net margin
0.6%
Return on equity
4.5%
Return on assets
1.1%
Return on capital (ROCE)
1.3%
Liabilities / assets
75.3%
Debt / equity
3.05×
Book value / share
$13.94
Revenue growth (YoY)
8.9%
Net income growth (YoY)
—

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2026
Altman Z″ (distress)
2.62safe
Accruals / assets
−3.3%clean
Piotroski F-Score
7/9strong

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
88
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 75

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 1 warning● 5 good
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 2026738,4887.2+11.9%
Apr 30, 2026660,0588.1-3.1%
Apr 15, 2026681,1218.1+6.5%
Mar 31, 2026639,4725.3+9.3%
Mar 13, 2026585,0628.9+22.1%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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