Cato Corporation (The) CATO

Consumer Cyclical — Apparel Retail

2.45 0.02 0.82% as of 25 Sep

Market cap: $48.4M
P/E: 0.0×

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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

	Jan '26	Jan '25	Jan '24	Jan '23	Jan '22	Jan '21	Jan '20	Jan '19	Jan '18	Jan '17
P/E ratio Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.14	0.00	10.99	12.07	38.32	15.11
P/S ratio Full definition →	0.09	0.10	0.19	0.26	0.45	0.43	0.46	0.43	0.35	0.71
P/FCF ratio Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.26	0.00	8.44	6.38	11.89	15.20
P/Operating CF Full definition →	(12.14)	(9.95)	(11.71)	(33.42)	(17.78)	(53.03)	93.09	59.22	(127.37)	26.34
P/B ratio Full definition →	0.36	0.40	0.68	0.87	1.37	1.00	1.20	1.12	0.91	1.78
Price to Tangible BV Full definition →	0.36	0.40	0.68	0.87	1.37	1.00	1.20	1.12	0.91	1.78
EV/Sales Full definition →	(0.03)	(0.02)	0.03	0.09	0.23	0.17	0.20	0.18	0.11	0.45
EV/EBITDA Full definition →	4.70	0.89	0.00	9.33	3.64	0.00	3.13	3.25	3.11	6.61
EV/Operating CF Full definition →	13.15	0.81	50.63	4.91	3.00	(3.21)	3.08	2.41	2.65	5.95
EV/FCF Full definition →	3.68	0.58	(2.00)	(10.83)	3.22	(2.20)	3.65	2.60	3.83	9.58
Quick Ratio Full definition →	0.65	0.56	0.73	0.78	0.92	1.10	1.22	1.70	1.64	1.64
Current Ratio Full definition →	1.24	1.19	1.29	1.37	1.46	1.60	1.82	2.63	2.68	2.58
Net Debt/EBITDA Full definition →	18.68	4.46	11.89	(18.83)	(3.45)	2.29	(4.10)	(4.73)	(6.55)	(3.88)
Debt/Assets Full definition →	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Debt/Equity Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Asset Turnover Full definition →	1.50	1.38	1.36	1.28	1.26	0.90	1.40	1.64	1.51	1.53
Operating CF/Net income Full definition →	0.25	1.06	(0.02)	326.10	1.71	0.68	1.54	2.04	4.30	1.56
Capex/Depreciation Full definition →	(0.38)	(0.80)	(1.27)	(1.75)	(0.33)	(0.95)	(0.54)	(0.26)	(0.56)	(1.20)
Interest Coverage Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
ROE Full definition →	(3.70%)	(10.49%)	(10.79%)	0.02%	13.94%	(16.12%)	10.93%	9.20%	2.36%	11.61%
ROA Full definition →	(1.35%)	(3.96%)	(4.35%)	0.01%	5.70%	(7.11%)	5.85%	5.84%	1.49%	7.41%
ROIC Full definition →	(10.86%)	(21.30%)	(13.81%)	(2.69%)	27.28%	(50.21%)	23.14%	16.65%	5.46%	20.04%
Return on Tangible Assets Full definition →	(6.48%)	(19.53%)	(18.97%)	0.03%	19.99%	(25.05%)	13.73%	9.14%	2.44%	11.61%
Average Days of Receivables Full definition →	14.21	13.78	15.34	12.74	26.48	33.47	11.54	12.38	12.03	11.58
Research and Development Expense of Revenue Full definition →	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue Full definition →	34.62%	35.62%	35.70%	31.95%	34.70%	35.90%	31.96%	31.64%	31.33%	30.28%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Share Based Compensation of Revenue Full definition →	0.26%	0.35%	0.59%	0.34%	0.53%	0.71%	0.57%	0.60%	0.49%	0.44%
Graham Net Nets Full definition →	(1.24)	(1.04)	(0.39)	(0.25)	(0.07)	(0.22)	(0.01)	0.53	0.62	0.32
Graham Number Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	21.01	0.00	20.93	19.12	9.56	23.25
Earnings Yield Full definition →	(10.20%)	(29.41%)	(17.16%)	0.00%	9.87%	(17.84%)	9.10%	8.28%	2.61%	6.62%
Free Cash Flow Yield Full definition →	(9.15%)	(42.83%)	(9.20%)	(3.06%)	15.96%	(18.13%)	11.84%	15.69%	8.41%	6.58%
Revenue per Share Full definition →	34.80	33.76	36.52	38.09	36.43	25.52	34.77	34.58	34.13	35.64
Operating CF per Share Full definition →	(0.08)	(1.03)	0.02	0.67	2.83	(1.36)	2.25	2.51	1.45	2.69
Capex per Share Full definition →	(0.20)	(0.41)	(0.65)	(0.97)	(0.19)	(0.62)	(0.35)	(0.18)	(0.45)	(1.02)
Free Cash Flow per Share Full definition →	(0.28)	(1.43)	(0.62)	(0.30)	2.64	(1.98)	1.90	2.33	1.00	1.67
Cash per Share Full definition →	4.06	4.18	5.51	6.65	8.04	6.56	9.10	8.80	8.05	9.39
Shareholders Equity per Share Full definition →	8.37	8.43	9.92	11.37	12.04	10.94	13.33	13.20	13.10	14.30
Interest Debt per Share Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Book value per Share Full definition →	8.37	8.43	9.92	11.37	12.04	10.94	13.33	13.20	13.10	14.30
Free Cash Flow Full definition →	(5.22)	(27.62)	(12.05)	(6.06)	55.68	(44.67)	45.09	55.89	24.89	44.83
Working Capital Full definition →	37.38	34.95	55.05	74.72	111.53	108.62	163.50	229.50	233.40	271.90
Capital Expenditures Full definition →	(3.76)	(7.87)	(12.53)	(19.43)	(4.10)	(13.96)	(8.31)	(4.35)	(11.10)	(27.30)
Net Current Asset Value Full definition →	(70.84)	(66.88)	(51.43)	(48.87)	(23.90)	(54.40)	(5.66)	189.52	182.76	221.39
EV/EBIT Full definition →	1.37	0.57	0.00	0.00	4.85	0.00	4.43	5.16	8.68	10.16
Capex to Sales Full definition →	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03
Net Profit Margin Full definition →	(0.90%)	(2.86%)	(3.19%)	0.01%	4.54%	(7.89%)	4.19%	3.57%	0.98%	4.84%
Price to Operating Income Full definition →	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.45	0.00	10.24	12.66	26.96	16.13
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Depreciation/Fixed assets Full definition →	0.19	0.16	0.15	0.16	0.20	0.20	0.17	0.17	0.18	0.18
Cash ROIC Full definition →	(23.63%)	(32.98%)	(21.24%)	(15.88%)	(0.78%)	(26.19%)	(6.62%)	(6.45%)	(13.92%)	(8.53%)
Accounts Receivable Turnover Full definition →	26.15	23.94	25.18	18.45	14.17	14.59	30.44	29.55	29.13	28.58
Accounts Payable Turnover Full definition →	5.62	4.95	5.17	5.06	4.94	6.09	6.66	6.26	5.89	5.51
Inventory Turnover Full definition →	4.44	4.17	4.41	4.30	4.33	4.34	4.33	4.33	4.14	4.20
Average Days of Payables Full definition →	54.94	74.13	69.04	65.86	88.25	62.16	49.09	58.87	54.52	63.82
Days of Inventory on Hand Full definition →	70.79	92.61	77.51	80.25	100.63	70.88	82.74	83.53	80.21	88.33
Average Receivables Full definition →	25.00	27.15	28.12	41.15	54.28	39.42	27.11	28.08	29.18	33.47
Average Payables Full definition →	76.80	88.23	89.89	100.75	91.66	71.10	76.36	83.44	93.93	109.20
Average Inventory Full definition →	97.22	104.67	105.33	118.48	104.52	99.74	117.48	120.56	133.61	143.39
Average Assets Full definition →	436.89	469.59	519.98	593.45	612.61	638.21	591.44	506.99	561.20	624.33
Average Common Equity Full definition →	159.81	177.31	209.46	240.39	250.35	281.51	316.68	321.59	355.13	398.28

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