Growth Metrics

Citi Trends (CTRN) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Citi Trends' EBT Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 3.35% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put EBT Margin at 3.35% for Q1 2026, up 256.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.67% (up 563.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.67%, up 563.0%.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 was 3.35% 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%.
  • The sharpest move saw EBT Margin tumbled -2374bps in 2023, then soared 1580bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, EBT Margin stood at 16.49% in 2022, then crashed by -118bps to 2.89% in 2023, then crashed by -63bps to 4.7% in 2024, then grew by 26bps to 3.5% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 196bps to 3.35% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin over the past three periods came in at 3.35%, 3.5%, and 2.0% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.