Growth Metrics

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

Citi Trends' Return on Invested Capital history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.38% for Q1 2025.

  • For Q1 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 26.0% year-over-year to 0.38%; the TTM value through Feb 2025 reached 0.38%, down 26.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.34%, 23.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2025 was 0.38% at Citi Trends, down from 0.22% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.58% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.38% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.03% (2021), against an average of 0.08%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital surged 55bps in 2022 before it plummeted -79bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.41% in 2021, then rose by 10bps to 0.45% in 2022, then plummeted by -176bps to 0.34% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 35bps to 0.22% in 2024, then tumbled by -68bps to 0.38% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for CTRN's Return on Invested Capital are 0.38% (Q1 2025), 0.22% (Q4 2024), and 0.18% (Q3 2024).