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a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. (AKA) vs Cato Corporation (The) (CATO)

a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. and Cato Corporation (The) are both Apparel Retail companies. a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. is the larger, with a market value of $109.9M against $45.8M — 2.4× the size. a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.79% against −1.10%. Cato Corporation (The) has the higher net margin (−0.86% vs −4.78%) and the lower return on invested capital (−12.8% vs −6.31%). Across the 20 metrics below, Cato Corporation (The) leads on 16 and a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. on 4.

Valuation

Metric AKA CATO Apparel Retail median
P/E n/m n/m 13.45
P/S 0.18 0.07 0.32
P/B 1.22 0.26 1.91
Price to free cash flow 81.85 26.89 11.85
EV/EBITDA 45.78 10.05 8.18
EV/Sales 0.32 (0.08) 0.55
Earnings yield (27.36%) (13.04%) 4.97%
Free cash flow yield 1.22% 3.72% 3.74%

Profitability

Metric AKA CATO Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 59.81% 33.62% 41.90%
Operating margin (2.88%) (2.27%) 2.50%
Net margin (4.78%) (0.86%) 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 0.22% 0.25% 2.86%
Return on equity (29.48%) (3.27%) 7.71%
Return on assets (7.04%) (1.29%) 2.85%
Return on invested capital (6.31%) (12.79%) 5.83%

Growth

Metric AKA CATO Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.79% (1.10%) 4.87%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (19.11%) 68.04% 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 22.69% 2.60% 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric AKA CATO Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 1.13 0.00 0.03
Current ratio 1.06 1.36 1.48
Net debt to EBITDA 193.19 18.68 (0.37)

Dividend

Metric AKA CATO Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield — 0.00% 2.08%
Payout ratio — — 0.21

Size

Metric AKA CATO Apparel Retail median
Market cap 109.91m 45.80m 425.23m

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