CATO vs. PSQH, TZOO, BIRD, BIG, RRGB, CONN, NDLS, RENT, PETS, and SPWH
Should you be buying Cato stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cato include PSQ (PSQH), Travelzoo (TZOO), Allbirds (BIRD), Big Lots (BIG), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Conn's (CONN), Noodles & Company (NDLS), Rent the Runway (RENT), PetMed Express (PETS), and Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Cato (NYSE:CATO) and PSQ (NYSE:PSQH) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
61.1% of Cato shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of PSQ shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of Cato shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.1% of PSQ shares are held by company 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.
Cato received 171 more outperform votes than PSQ when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave PSQ an outperform vote while only 59.79% of users gave Cato an outperform vote.
Cato has higher revenue and earnings than PSQ. Cato is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PSQ, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cato has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PSQ has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cato has a net margin of -2.51% compared to PSQ's net margin of -674.94%. Cato's return on equity of -8.36% beat PSQ's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cato had 7 more articles in the media than PSQ. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Cato and 11 mentions for PSQ. Cato's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat PSQ's score of -0.14 indicating that Cato is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PSQ has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 110.08%. Given PSQ's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PSQ is more favorable than Cato.
Summary
Cato beats PSQ on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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