Smartbird, Inc. (BIRD) vs Cato Corporation (The) (CATO)

Smartbird, Inc. and Cato Corporation (The) are both Apparel Retail companies. Cato Corporation (The) is the larger, with a market value of $48.4M against $28.1M — 1.7× the size. Cato Corporation (The) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −1.10% against −14.8%. Cato Corporation (The) has the higher net margin (−0.86% vs −53.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (−12.8% vs 0.00%). Across the 19 metrics below, Cato Corporation (The) leads on 15 and Smartbird, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric BIRD CATO Apparel Retail median
P/E n/m n/m 12.56
P/S 0.15 0.07 0.35
P/B 0.94 0.28 1.57
Price to free cash flow n/m 28.65 11.15
EV/EBITDA 0.10 9.51 7.42
EV/Sales (0.06) (0.08) 0.51
Earnings yield (387.50%) (12.24%) 5.76%
Free cash flow yield (217.41%) 3.49% 4.34%

Profitability

Metric BIRD CATO Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 0.00% 33.62% 41.90%
Operating margin (58.29%) (2.27%) 2.50%
Net margin (52.95%) (0.86%) 3.41%
Free cash flow margin (31.79%) 0.25% 2.86%
Return on equity (164.03%) (3.27%) 7.71%
Return on assets (84.18%) (1.29%) 2.85%
Return on invested capital 0.00% (12.79%) 6.41%

Growth

Metric BIRD CATO Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) (14.78%) (1.10%) 4.14%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 20.22% 68.04% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (7.01%) 2.60% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric BIRD CATO Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.36 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 3.70 1.36 1.54
Net debt to EBITDA 0.13 18.68 (0.29)

Dividend

Metric BIRD CATO Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield — 9.93% 2.94%
Payout ratio 0.00 1.48 0.00

Size

Metric BIRD CATO Apparel Retail median
Market cap 28.11m 48.39m 358.41m

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