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Cato Corporation (The) (CATO) vs Duluth Holdings Inc. (DLTH)

Cato Corporation (The) and Duluth Holdings Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Duluth Holdings Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $155.1M against $45.8M — 3.4× the size. Cato Corporation (The) has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Duluth Holdings Inc. trades at 25.4×. Cato Corporation (The) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −1.10% against −8.63%. Duluth Holdings Inc. has the higher net margin (1.07% vs −0.86%) and the higher return on invested capital (2.96% vs −12.8%). Across the 20 metrics below, Duluth Holdings Inc. leads on 13 and Cato Corporation (The) on 7.

Valuation

Metric CATO DLTH Apparel Retail median
P/E n/m 25.44 13.45
P/S 0.07 0.26 0.32
P/B 0.26 0.82 1.91
Price to free cash flow 26.89 2.49 11.85
EV/EBITDA 10.05 5.07 8.18
EV/Sales (0.08) 0.30 0.55
Earnings yield (13.04%) 3.93% 4.97%
Free cash flow yield 3.72% 40.08% 3.74%

Profitability

Metric CATO DLTH Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 33.62% 58.33% 41.90%
Operating margin (2.27%) 1.71% 2.50%
Net margin (0.86%) 1.07% 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 0.25% 10.45% 2.86%
Return on equity (3.27%) 3.45% 7.71%
Return on assets (1.29%) 1.43% 2.85%
Return on invested capital (12.79%) 2.96% 5.83%

Growth

Metric CATO DLTH Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.10%) (8.63%) 4.87%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 68.04% 64.12% 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.60% (2.42%) 6.40%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CATO DLTH Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.29 0.03
Current ratio 1.36 1.88 1.48
Net debt to EBITDA 18.68 2.35 (0.37)

Dividend

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

Size

Metric CATO DLTH Apparel Retail median
Market cap 45.80m 155.06m 425.23m

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