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

Citi Trends has disclosed Operating Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 1.95% for Q1 2026.

• Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 1.95%, down 1360.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.14% (up 118.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 0.14%, up 118.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Margin came in at 1.95% for Q1 2026 at Citi Trends, up from 3.73% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 19.04% in Q2 2022 to a low of 20.87% in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 1.8% (2022), against an average of 0.33%.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Margin sank 3028 bps in 2022 and surged 2441 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Citi Trends' Operating Margin stood at 16.42% in 2022, then slumped by 120 bps to 3.34% in 2023, then sank by 47 bps to 4.93% in 2024, then gained by 24 bps to 3.73% in 2025, then soared by 152 bps to 1.95% in 2026.
• The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 1.95% (Q1 2026), 3.73% (Q4 2025), and 1.84% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.