Growth Metrics

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

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

  • Quarterly results put Net Margin at 3.35% for Q1 2026, up 1006.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.67% (up 640.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.64%, up 637.0%.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 was 3.35% at Citi Trends, up from 3.5% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 14.51% in Q2 2022 to a low of 10.43% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 1.37% (2022), against an average of 0.32%.
  • The sharpest move saw Net Margin plummeted -1820bps in 2023, then soared 1243bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Net Margin stood at 12.78% in 2022, then tumbled by -117bps to 2.15% in 2023, then plummeted by -86bps to 3.99% in 2024, then rose by 12bps to 3.5% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 196bps to 3.35% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Net 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.