---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-002838"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTRN"
cik: "0001318484"
company_name: "Citi Trends Inc"
filed_at: "2025-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T02:55:35.132869+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Citi Trends holiday sales $174.4M; comps +7.1%; high end of outlook

## Summary
- Holiday quarter-to-date sales $174.4M vs $169.0M prior year; comparable store sales +7.1%.
- Second half EBITDA now expected at high end of $1.5M-$4M range; gross margin ~39%.
- Reaffirms Q4 comps up low to mid-single digits; Q4 EBITDA high end of $5M-$7M.
- Expects year-end cash $60M-$65M; store count ~590; capex $14M-$18M.
- CEO cites revised product assortment and improved operations driving results.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-002838
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTRN
- cik: 0001318484
- company_name: Citi Trends Inc
- filed_at: 2025-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/000110465925002838/0001104659-25-002838-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318484/000110465925002838/tm252948d1_8k.htm

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