This Backdoor Energy Play Beat Gold by 15X
Gold has hit all-time highs, but one little-known energy play has seen 15x the return since the start of this year. It's all thanks to the incredible energy demands AI is putting on our country. It's a bull market hiding in plain sight, and 40-year Wall Street veteran Larry Benedict has found one company at the heart of it all.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 8,310,000 |
| Shares Float | 7,380,000 |
| Shares Short | 400,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 1209% |
| Institution Holdings | 92.17% |
About Citi Trends Inc
Citi Trends, Inc. operates as a value retailer of fashion apparel, accessories, and home goods. The company offers apparel, such as fashion sportswear and footwear for men and ladies, as well as apparel for kids, including newborns, infants, toddlers, boys, and girls; sleepwear, lingerie, and scrubs for ladies; and kids' uniforms and accessories. It also provides accessories and beauty products that include handbags, luggage, hats, belts, sunglasses, jewelry, watches, underwear, and socks, as well as offers beauty and fragrance, and outerwear for men and women. In addition, the company offers home and lifestyle products comprising home products for the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and decorative accessories; and food, tech, team sports, health and beauty products, as well as seasonal items, books, and toys. Citi Trends, Inc. provides its products primarily to African American and multicultural families in the United States. The company was formerly known as Allied Fashion, Inc. and changed its name to Citi Trends, Inc. in 2001. Citi Trends, Inc. was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Savannah, Georgia.
General
| Name | Citi Trends Inc |
| Ticker | CTRN |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Industry | Apparel Retail |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | January |
| Full Time Employees | 2,600 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 48.00 |
| Market Cap | 376,200,000 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.08 |
| EBITDA | 12,189,000 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | -2.87 |
| Profit Margin | -2.13% |
| Operating Margin | -1.66 |
| Return on Assets | -0.01 |
| Return on Equity | -0.13 |
| Revenue | 782.7M |
| Earnings Per Share | -1.99 |
| Revenue Per Share | 95.64 |
| Gross Profit | 309,363,008 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.08 |
Valuation
| Forward PE | 3.81 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 0.48 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 3.32 |
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