Cato Corporation (The) (CATO): Price and Financial Metrics

Cato Corporation (The) (CATO): $5.77

0.12 (-2.04%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

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Industry: Specialty Retailers

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CATO Price/Volume Stats

Current price $5.77 52-week high $9.13
Prev. close $5.89 52-week low $5.25
Day low $5.76 Volume 164,644
Day high $6.05 Avg. volume 101,369
50-day MA $6.59 Dividend yield 12.76%
200-day MA $7.30 Market Cap 118.78M

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CATO POWR Grades

  • Value is the dimension where CATO ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 75.16% of US stocks.
  • The strongest trend for CATO is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
  • CATO's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 19.89% of US stocks).

CATO Stock Summary

  • CATO CORP's stock had its IPO on April 23, 1987, making it an older stock than 92.08% of US equities in our set.
  • With a price/sales ratio of 0.2, CATO CORP has a higher such ratio than merely 5.56% of stocks in our set.
  • In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, CATO CORP is reporting a growth rate of 2,749.48%; that's higher than 99.65% of US stocks.
  • If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to CATO CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be SGRP, LWAY, MKL, STKL, and NTWK.
  • 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

  • CATO's price/sales ratio is 0.2; this is 75% lower than that of the median Consumer Cyclical stock.
  • Over the past 243 months, CATO's price/earnings ratio has gone down 53.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CATO.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
CATO 2023-12-29 0.2 0.7 -41.8 -44.0
CATO 2023-12-28 0.2 0.7 -43.6 -45.1
CATO 2023-12-27 0.2 0.7 -41.8 -43.9
CATO 2023-12-26 0.2 0.7 -41.9 -44.0
CATO 2023-12-22 0.2 0.7 -41.7 -43.9
CATO 2023-12-21 0.2 0.7 -41.1 -43.5

CATO Growth Metrics

    Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -42.28%.
  • Its 5 year price growth rate is now at -53.03%.
  • Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 15.56%.
Over the past 15 months, CATO's revenue has gone up $29,398,000.

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
2022-09-30 756.438 -0.324 -3.443
2022-06-30 752.025 -5.193 9.613
2022-03-31 762.907 14.523 25.879
2021-12-31 769.271 59.788 36.844
2021-09-30 748.462 74.765 35.035
2021-06-30 727.04 99.476 22.81

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
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

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.


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Calculating The Intrinsic Value Of The Cato Corporation (NYSE:CATO)

Key Insights The projected fair value for Cato is US$8.04 based on Dividend Discount Model With US$7.02 share price...

Yahoo | December 22, 2023

The Cato Corporation (NYSE:CATO) is a favorite amongst institutional investors who own 51%

Key Insights Given the large stake in the stock by institutions, Cato's stock price might be vulnerable to their...

Yahoo | November 25, 2023

THE CATO CORPORATION ANNOUNCES REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

The 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 January 2, 2024 to shareholders of record on December 18, 2023.

Yahoo | November 17, 2023

CATO REPORTS 3Q RESULTS

The Cato Corporation (NYSE: CATO) today reported a net loss of $6.1 million or ($0.30) per diluted share for the third quarter ended October 28, 2023, compared to a net loss of $4.5 million or ($0.21) per diluted share for the third quarter ended October 29, 2022.

Yahoo | November 16, 2023

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Yahoo | October 17, 2023

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CATO Price Returns

1-mo -8.47%
3-mo -16.68%
6-mo -20.43%
1-year -27.20%
3-year -39.50%
5-year -48.31%
YTD -16.68%
2023 -16.51%
2022 -42.20%
2021 84.02%
2020 -43.53%
2019 32.97%

CATO Dividends

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