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CitiTrends Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2025 Results
Q4 2025 total sales of $230.4 million with comparable store sales growth of 8.9%; Two-year stack of 15.3% Fiscal 2025 total sales of $820.0 million with
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nQ4 2025 total sales of $230.4 million with comparable store sales growth of 8.9%; Two-year stack of 15.3%\n\n\nFiscal 2025 total sales of $820.0 million with comparable store sales growth of 9.7%; Two-year stack of 13.1%\n\n\nStrong start to Q1 2026 with high-single digit comparable store sales increase\n\n\nFiscal 2026 Outlook doubles prior year adjusted EBITDA\n\n\n SAVANNAH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCiti Trends, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRN), a leading off-price value retailer of apparel, accessories and home trends primarily for Black families in the United States, today reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended January 31, 2026. For purposes of comparison, unless otherwise stated, metrics in this release are compared to the 13-week quarter and 52-week full year ended February 1, 2025.\n\n\nChief Executive Officer Comments\n\n\nKen Seipel, Chief Executive Officer, said: “Our fourth quarter results cap a transformational year for CITITRENDS. We delivered 8.9% comparable store sales growth in Q4, or 15.3% on a two-year basis, marking our sixth consecutive quarter of positive comps. For the full year, comparable store sales increased 9.7%, reflecting strong customer traffic and broad-based growth across our stores, geographies, and merchandise categories. This momentum has continued into 2026, with Q1 quarter-to-date comparable store sales trending in the high-single digits.\n\n\nFiscal 2025 was about strengthening the foundation of the business and building the operational infrastructure needed for sustained profitable growth. We expanded net income by $48.4 million compared to fiscal 2025 to $5.2 million, expanded adjusted EBITDA* by $26 million year-over-year to $11.8 million, improved gross margin by more than 200 basis points, and delivered meaningful SG&A leverage. We believe these results validate the strategic actions we have taken to refocus the business on the Black customer – the center of everything we do, to sharpen our merchandise assortments, and to improve operational execution across the company.\n\n\nIn fiscal 2026, our priorities are: consistent execution, sales flow through to profit and accelerated growth. For the year, we are targeting mid to high-single digit growth in total sales and continued margin expansion, and we expect to position the company to deliver adjusted EBITDA* of $34 million to $...