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Cato (CATO) Competitors

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$3.77 +0.03 (+0.80%)
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CATO vs. DBI, CTRN, PLCE, TLYS, EXPR, TJX, ROST, ANF, URBN, and AEO

Should you be buying Cato stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cato include Designer Brands (DBI), Citi Trends (CTRN), Children's Place (PLCE), Tilly's (TLYS), Express (EXPR), TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Urban Outfitters (URBN), and American Eagle Outfitters (AEO). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Cato vs.

Cato (NYSE:CATO) and Designer Brands (NYSE:DBI) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.

In the previous week, Designer Brands had 1 more articles in the media than Cato. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Designer Brands and 2 mentions for Cato. Designer Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Cato's score of -0.08 indicating that Designer Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cato
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Designer Brands
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Designer Brands received 493 more outperform votes than Cato when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.52% of users gave Cato an outperform vote while only 59.22% of users gave Designer Brands an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CatoOutperform Votes
175
59.52%
Underperform Votes
119
40.48%
Designer BrandsOutperform Votes
668
59.22%
Underperform Votes
460
40.78%

Designer Brands has a net margin of -0.07% compared to Cato's net margin of -4.11%. Designer Brands' return on equity of 3.18% beat Cato's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cato-4.11% -14.41% -5.95%
Designer Brands -0.07%3.18%0.52%

Designer Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Cato. Designer Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cato, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cato$708.06M0.11-$23.94M-$1.38-2.73
Designer Brands$3.05B0.09$29.06M-$0.03-191.17

Cato pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.0%. Designer Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Cato pays out -49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Designer Brands pays out -666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Cato has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Designer Brands has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Designer Brands has a consensus target price of $5.75, suggesting a potential upside of 0.26%. Given Designer Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Designer Brands is more favorable than Cato.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cato
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Designer Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

61.1% of Cato shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Designer Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Cato shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 63.1% of Designer Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Designer Brands beats Cato on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CATO vs. The Competition

MetricCatoWomens' clothing stores IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$77.44M$1.20B$24.87B$19.94B
Dividend Yield19.48%19.48%165.81%3.71%
P/E Ratio-2.739.62110.5341.41
Price / Sales0.110.253.7116.25
Price / CashN/A7.9220.3619.84
Price / Book0.402.626.705.76
Net Income-$23.94M-$114.05M$675.95M$993.25M
7 Day Performance6.80%2.50%2.01%3.12%
1 Month Performance-3.33%-7.16%0.20%4.75%
1 Year Performance-47.57%5.34%13.47%18.83%

Cato Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CATO
Cato
1.3102 of 5 stars
$3.77
+0.8%
N/A-47.3%$77.44M$708.06M-2.737,300
DBI
Designer Brands
4.2169 of 5 stars
$5.35
-7.9%
$5.75
+7.5%
-30.3%$256.42M$3.05B-178.2714,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CTRN
Citi Trends
0.1307 of 5 stars
$26.29
-0.4%
$27.67
+5.2%
-0.6%$228.99M$757.09M-8.565,400Gap Down
PLCE
Children's Place
0.0682 of 5 stars
$10.41
+0.3%
$11.00
+5.7%
-52.8%$133.09M$1.43B-0.7311,900
TLYS
Tilly's
2.4148 of 5 stars
$4.16
-2.1%
$5.50
+32.2%
-44.2%$125.43M$595.19M-2.356,048Negative News
EXPR
Express
N/A$0.00
flat
N/A-100.0%$1,000.00$1.79B0.0010,000
TJX
TJX Companies
4.7052 of 5 stars
$119.96
-0.1%
$131.33
+9.5%
+27.6%$134.85B$56.42B28.23340,000News Coverage
Positive News
ROST
Ross Stores
4.6801 of 5 stars
$151.16
-0.4%
$171.29
+13.3%
+8.4%$49.87B$21.24B23.80100,000News Coverage
Positive News
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
4.4882 of 5 stars
$135.61
-15.7%
$185.38
+36.7%
+28.8%$6.83B$4.82B13.4131,700Short Interest ↓
High Trading Volume
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.368 of 5 stars
$55.82
-2.0%
$49.64
-11.1%
+38.0%$5.15B$5.40B15.9928,000Analyst Upgrade
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.7636 of 5 stars
$15.54
-4.3%
$22.10
+42.2%
-20.5%$2.99B$5.40B13.2843,100

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This page (NYSE:CATO) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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