Cato (CATO) Competitors

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

Does the media favor DBI or CATO?

In the previous week, Cato had 2 more articles in the media than Designer Brands. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cato and 1 mentions for Designer Brands. Cato's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Designer Brands' score of 0.00 indicating that Cato is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has more volatility & risk, DBI or CATO?

Designer Brands has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cato has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DBI or CATO?

Designer Brands currently has a consensus target price of $5.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.92%. Given Designer Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Designer Brands is more favorable than Cato.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DBI or CATO?

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 59.17% of users gave Designer Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Designer Brands	Outperform Votes 668 59.17%	Underperform Votes 461 40.83%
Cato	Outperform Votes 175 59.52%	Underperform Votes 119 40.48%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DBI or CATO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Designer Brands	$3.07B	0.07	$29.06M	-$0.03	-159.78
Cato	$708.06M	0.10	-$23.94M	-$1.38	-2.38

Is DBI or CATO more profitable?

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
Designer Brands	-0.07%	3.18%	0.52%
Cato	-4.11%	-14.41%	-5.95%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DBI or CATO?

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

Summary

Designer Brands beats Cato on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.