Growth Metrics

Citi Trends (CTRN) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Citi Trends' Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.0% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.0% for Q1 2026, up 3.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.0% (up 3.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.0%, up 3.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 was 0.0% at Citi Trends, down from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.2% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.06% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.0% (2026), against an average of 0.03%.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Capital Employed dropped -29bps in 2022, then rose 17bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.05% in 2022, then crashed by -191bps to 0.04% in 2023, then tumbled by -42bps to 0.06% in 2024, then surged by 267bps to 0.11% in 2025, then crashed by -96bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods came in at 0.0%, 0.11%, and 0.1% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.