Growth Metrics

Citi Trends (CTRN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Citi Trends' Return on Capital Employed history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.01% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 10.0% year-over-year to 0.01%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.01%, up 10.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.12%, 7.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.01% at Citi Trends, up from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.28% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.21% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.01% (2025), against an average of 0.03%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed soared 31bps in 2021 before it crashed -43bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.23% in 2021, then decreased by -1bps to 0.22% in 2022, then tumbled by -193bps to 0.21% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 46bps to 0.11% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 93bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTRN's Return on Capital Employed are 0.01% (Q4 2025), 0.01% (Q3 2025), and 0.11% (Q2 2025).