Cato Corporation (The) (CATO): Price and Financial Metrics
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CATO POWR Grades
- Value is the dimension where CATO ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 92.7% of US stocks.
- CATO's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving down over the last 179 days.
- CATO ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 41st percentile.
CATO Stock Summary
- Cato Corp's stock had its IPO on April 23, 1987, making it an older stock than 91.92% of US equities in our set.
- With a price/sales ratio of 0.42, Cato Corp has a higher such ratio than merely 9.14% of stocks in our set.
- In terms of volatility of its share price, CATO is more volatile than only 10.96% of stocks we're observing.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Cato Corp are VIRC, SAMG, BGSF, OLLI, and HVT.
- CATO's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Cato Corp's official web site, go to www.catofashions.com.
CATO Valuation Summary
- In comparison to the median Consumer Cyclical stock, CATO's price/sales ratio is 57.14% lower, now standing at 0.6.
- Over the past 243 months, CATO's price/sales ratio has gone down 0.1.
- Over the past 243 months, CATO's price/sales ratio has gone down 0.1.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for CATO.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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CATO | 2021-08-27 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 17.9 | 28.9 |
CATO | 2021-08-26 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 16.5 | 27.1 |
CATO | 2021-08-25 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 16.8 | 27.6 |
CATO | 2021-08-24 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 234.2 | -37.1 |
CATO | 2021-08-23 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 240.6 | -38.0 |
CATO | 2021-08-20 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 236.5 | -37.4 |
CATO Growth Metrics
- Its 4 year price growth rate is now at -73.06%.
- The 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -241.74%.
- Its 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -162.69%.

The table below shows CATO's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).
Date | Revenue | Operating Cash Flow | Net Income to Common Stock |
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2021-09-30 | 748.462 | 74.765 | 35.035 |
2021-06-30 | 727.04 | 99.476 | 22.81 |
2021-03-31 | 687.464 | 85.125 | 1.648 |
2020-12-31 | 575.111 | -30.71 | -47.483 |
2020-09-30 | 610.572 | -21.975 | -42.419 |
2020-06-30 | 651.304 | -40.014 | -32.812 |
CATO's Quality Factors
The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.- CATO has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 78.85% of graded US stocks.
- CATO's asset turnover comes in at 1.216 -- ranking 112th of 165 Retail stocks.
- ULTA, DBI, and BURL are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CATO.
The table below shows CATO's key quality metrics over time.
Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
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2021-07-31 | 1.216 | 0.373 | 0.034 |
2021-05-01 | 1.147 | 0.312 | -0.020 |
2021-01-30 | 0.951 | 0.247 | -0.119 |
2020-10-31 | 0.972 | 0.264 | -0.102 |
2020-08-01 | 1.012 | 0.296 | -0.071 |
2020-05-02 | 1.056 | 0.344 | -0.031 |
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CATO Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $14.15 | 52-week high | $19.89 |
Prev. close | $13.72 | 52-week low | $12.89 |
Day low | $13.62 | Volume | 31,015 |
Day high | $14.25 | Avg. volume | 112,419 |
50-day MA | $14.67 | Dividend yield | 4.96% |
200-day MA | $16.42 | Market Cap | 305.47M |
Cato Corporation (The) (CATO) Company Bio
The Cato Corporation operates as a specialty retailer of fashion apparel and accessories in the Southeastern United States. The company was founded in 1946 and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Latest CATO News From Around the Web
Below are the latest news stories about Cato Corp that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate CATO as an investment opportunity.
THE CATO CORPORATION ANNOUNCES REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND AND INCREASED SHARE REPURCHASE AUTHORIZATIONThe Board of Directors of The Cato Corporation (NYSE: CATO) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share. The dividend will be payable on April 4, 2022 to shareholders of record on March 22, 2022. |
What You Need To Know About The Cato Corporation's (NYSE:CATO) Investor CompositionEvery investor in The Cato Corporation ( NYSE:CATO ) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. Insiders... |
THE CATO CORPORATION ANNOUNCES CFO TRANSITION PLANSThe Cato Corporation (NYSE: CATO) announced today that John R. Howe, its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and the Company's principal financial officer, plans to retire from these roles effective January 17, 2022 following 35 years of service with the Company. Mr. Howe will remain employed with the Company through May 1, 2022 to assist with the transition. |
Cato Turned Out to Be the Cat's Meow as My Favorite Pick for 2021At this time last year, while trading in the $8 range, CATO had $151 million, or $6.68 per share, in net cash on the books and was trading at about 0.73x tangible book value per share. However, the former dividend payer had halted its massive 33-cent quarterly payout in early 2020 at the onset of the pandemic. |
Four Days Left To Buy The Cato Corporation (NYSE:CATO) Before The Ex-Dividend DateThe Cato Corporation ( NYSE:CATO ) stock is about to trade ex-dividend in four days. The ex-dividend date is one... |
CATO Price Returns
1-mo | N/A |
3-mo | -16.24% |
6-mo | -8.18% |
1-year | 6.23% |
3-year | 19.43% |
5-year | -12.03% |
YTD | -16.63% |
2021 | 84.02% |
2020 | -43.53% |
2019 | 32.97% |
2018 | -2.99% |
2017 | -42.89% |
CATO Dividends
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