Growth Metrics

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

Citi Trends' FCF Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 6.37% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Margin at 6.37% for Q1 2026, down 520.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.08% (up 118.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.08%, up 118.0%.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 was 6.37% at Citi Trends, up from 0.39% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 14.84% in Q1 2024 to a low of 13.13% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 1.52% (2025), against an average of 1.26%.
  • Peak annual rise in FCF Margin hit 1785bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -3113bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, FCF Margin stood at 8.29% in 2022, then plummeted by -151bps to 4.22% in 2023, then plummeted by -145bps to 10.34% in 2024, then soared by 104bps to 0.39% in 2025, then soared by 1537bps to 6.37% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods came in at 6.37%, 0.39%, and 1.52% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.