---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-002045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTRN"
cik: "0001318484"
company_name: "Citi Trends Inc"
filed_at: "2023-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T17:35:33.416382+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Citi Trends reports holiday sales $171.9M (-16.1% YoY); guides Q4 EPS $0.78-$0.86, cash ~$95-105M

## Summary
- Holiday sales for nine weeks ended Dec 31, 2022: $171.9M, down 16.1% vs 2021 but up 0.8% vs 2019.
- Comparable store sales decreased 17.5% in the holiday period year-over-year.
- Q4 2022 EPS guided to $0.78-$0.86; second-half FY2022 EPS $3.80-$3.88 ($1.02-$1.10 adjusted).
- Year-end cash balance expected $95M-$105M; reaffirms all other second-half guidance components.
- Second-half FY2022 adjusted EPS midpoint up ~38% vs second-half FY2019 adjusted EPS of $0.77.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-002045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTRN
- cik: 0001318484
- company_name: Citi Trends Inc
- filed_at: 2023-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/000110465923002045/0001104659-23-002045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/000110465923002045/tm232513d1_8k.htm

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