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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-144690"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTRN"
cik: "0001318484"
company_name: "Citi Trends Inc"
filed_at: "2021-11-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:48:07.151606+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Citi Trends Q3 EPS $1.03, sales up 14.5% YoY; raises FY2021 guidance to $6.95-$7.10

## Summary
- Total sales $228.0M, +24.5% vs Q3 2019; comparable store sales +13.1% vs Q3 2020.
- Gross margin 40.3% (up 290 bps vs Q3 2019); operating margin 5.1% (up 600 bps).
- Raises FY2021 EPS guidance to $6.95-$7.10 from $6.30-$6.50; revenue outlook $1.0-$1.015B.
- Board authorized new $30M share repurchase program; $8.1M remained under prior authorization.
- Opened 11 new stores in Q3; planning ~40 new stores and ~40 remodels in FY2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-144690
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTRN
- cik: 0001318484
- company_name: Citi Trends Inc
- filed_at: 2021-11-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/000110465921144690/0001104659-21-144690-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/000110465921144690/tm2134037d1_8k.htm

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