Citi Trends (CTRN) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026)

Citi Trends' (CTRN) quarterly EBT Margin came in at 3.35% in Q1 2026, up 256.0% year-on-year from 0.94% in Q1 2025, and up 195.65% quarter-over-quarter from 3.5% in Q4 2025.

Citi Trends (CTRN) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Citi Trends has disclosed EBT Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 3.35% for Q1 2026.

  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 3.35%, up 256.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.67% (up 563.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 0.67%, up 563.0% from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin came in at 3.35% for Q1 2026 at Citi Trends, up from 3.5% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 19.01% in Q2 2022 to a low of 13.8% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EBT Margin is 0.43% (2025), against an average of 0.85%.
  • Across the five-year window, EBT Margin sank 2374 bps in 2023 and surged 1580 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Citi Trends' EBT Margin stood at 16.49% in 2022, then slumped by 118 bps to 2.89% in 2023, then plunged by 63 bps to 4.7% in 2024, then gained by 26 bps to 3.5% in 2025, then jumped by 196 bps to 3.35% in 2026.
  • The last three EBT Margin figures came in at 3.35% (Q1 2026), 3.5% (Q4 2025), and 2.0% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EBT Margin (Qtr)
1 Tjx Companies 177.75 Bn 172.17 Bn 4.48 Bn 12.02%
2 Ross Stores 74.23 Bn 69.64 Bn 1.80 Bn 12.78%
3 Burlington Stores 19.90 Bn 19.15 Bn 1.26 Bn 4.99%
4 Lululemon Athletica 13.59 Bn 11.78 Bn 2.00 Bn 22.34%
5 Gap 7.91 Bn 5.35 Bn 1.42 Bn 12.87%
6 Urban Outfitters 6.43 Bn 5.73 Bn 599.20 Mn -23.67%
7 Boot Barn Holdings 5.12 Bn 4.92 Bn 281.24 Mn 16.26%
8 Victoria's Secret 4.37 Bn 3.90 Bn 855.00 Mn 9.48%
9 Abercrombie & Fitch 3.57 Bn 2.80 Bn 1.10 Bn 14.51%
10 Citi Trends 346.93 Mn 280.84 Mn 91.93 Mn 3.35%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 3.35%
Nov 1, 2025 -3.50%
Aug 2, 2025 2.00%
May 3, 2025 0.43%
Feb 1, 2025 0.78%
Nov 2, 2024 -4.70%
Aug 3, 2024 -13.80%
May 4, 2024 -3.33%
Feb 3, 2024 2.29%
Oct 28, 2023 -2.89%
Jul 29, 2023 -4.10%
Apr 29, 2023 -4.74%
Jan 28, 2023 3.89%
Oct 29, 2022 16.49%
Jul 30, 2022 -1.84%
Apr 30, 2022 19.01%
Jan 29, 2022 5.18%
Oct 30, 2021 5.05%
Jul 31, 2021 6.86%
May 1, 2021 13.65%