Growth Metrics

Citi Trends (CTRN) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Citi Trends' Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.03% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.03% for Q1 2026, up 10.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.01% (up 6.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.01%, up 6.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 was 0.03% at Citi Trends, up from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.15% in Q2 2022 to a low of 0.1% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.01% (2022), against an average of 0.0%.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales decreased -18bps in 2023, then increased 12bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.13% in 2022, then tumbled by -117bps to 0.02% in 2023, then plummeted by -86bps to 0.04% in 2024, then increased by 12bps to 0.03% in 2025, then soared by 196bps to 0.03% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.03%, 0.03%, and 0.02% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.