All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-06-09.
From the record
Citi Trends, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2021-06-09) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+1.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.
From the record
Citi Trends, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $695 million in fiscal 2017 to $820 million in fiscal 2026, up 1.8% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 25% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2024; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 0.3% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 1 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-01-31, Citi Trends, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09, buying about $45 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 4%: 4¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 75%: owes 75¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-01-31, Citi Trends, Inc. earned about 4 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 75 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.2% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 29% of 9 in its family; net margin 0.6%.
From the record
Citi Trends, Inc.'s standing among 9 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $820 million in fiscal 2026 ranks in the top 31% by size; a net margin of 0.6% ranks in the top 39%; revenue growth of 1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 17% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
bottom 40% of 5 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.
From the record
Citi Trends, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Seipel, Kenneth Duane (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-06-04, 2.4 years (bottom 30% of its family); most of the 13 officers and directors filing now have filed since the record of its people begins (2024-06-20), a floor of 2.4 years the record cannot see past, so that part is not read; 10 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 13 people in charge now (top 50%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 44% of 9 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Citi Trends, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $66 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 14% of its assets as net cash, top 50% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 0.1% of revenue (top 39%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 31% of 9 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Citi Trends, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 1% a year over the last three filed years against 1.8% over all 10, slowing (top 28% of its family); the newest year grew 8.9% (top 28%); capital spending grew -3% a year (top 39%) (its annual reports). Citi Trends, Inc. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 27% of 8 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Citi Trends, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $820 million in fiscal 2026 came in 11.9% above the $733 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 31% of its family); net income of $5 million against a prior three-year average of $1 million (top 6%); a net margin of 0.6% against 0% before (top 44%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made