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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-002063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTRN"
cik: "0001318484"
company_name: "Citi Trends Inc"
filed_at: "2024-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T02:03:59.437633+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Citi Trends holiday sales $179.5M, comps -0.3%, reaffirms FY2023 guidance

## Summary
- Holiday sales $179.5M vs $181.9M in 2022; comp sales -0.3%, a ~600 bps improvement vs prior quarter.
- Reaffirms FY2023 outlook: total sales down mid-single digits, gross margin high thirties, EBITDA $1M-$7M.
- Year-end cash expected $80M-$90M; Q4 EBITDA guided $9M-$15M with comps down low-single to flat.
- CEO cites strategic inventory investments and strong gross margin as drivers of holiday performance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-002063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTRN
- cik: 0001318484
- company_name: Citi Trends Inc
- filed_at: 2024-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/000110465924002063/0001104659-24-002063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/000110465924002063/tm242336d1_8k.htm

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