Citi Trends (CTRN) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Citi Trends has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 0.4% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 0.4%, up 309.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.4% (up 309.0% YoY), and the FY2026 annual result was 0.4%, up 288.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 0.4% for Q1 2026 at Citi Trends, down from 10.5% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 19.56% in Q1 2023 to a low of 6.31% in Q4 2024.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.4% (2026), against an average of 2.84%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed plunged 2941 bps in 2022 and soared 1681 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Citi Trends' Return on Capital Employed stood at 4.88% in 2022, then tumbled by 191 bps to 4.43% in 2023, then slumped by 42 bps to 6.31% in 2024, then surged by 267 bps to 10.5% in 2025, then slumped by 96 bps to 0.4% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.4% (Q1 2026), 10.5% (Q4 2025), and 10.01% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.