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Cato Corporation (The) (CATO) vs Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. (LVLU)

Cato Corporation (The) and Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. are both Apparel Retail companies. Cato Corporation (The) is the larger, with a market value of $47.0M against $40.9M — 1.1× the size. Cato Corporation (The) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −1.10% against −10.4%. Cato Corporation (The) has the higher net margin (−0.86% vs −3.17%) and the lower return on invested capital (−12.8% vs 0.00%). Across the 16 metrics below, Cato Corporation (The) leads on 12 and Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric CATO LVLU Apparel Retail median
P/E n/m n/m 13.40
P/S 0.07 0.17 0.31
P/B 0.27 n/m 1.73
Price to free cash flow 27.48 n/m 12.11
EV/EBITDA 9.87 n/m 7.58
EV/Sales (0.08) 0.59 0.51
Earnings yield (12.77%) (19.19%) 5.50%
Free cash flow yield 3.64% (0.05%) 3.85%

Profitability

Metric CATO LVLU Apparel Retail median
Gross margin 33.62% 45.12% 41.90%
Operating margin (2.27%) (2.55%) 2.50%
Net margin (0.86%) (3.17%) 3.41%
Free cash flow margin 0.25% (0.01%) 2.86%
Return on equity (3.27%) (602.91%) 7.71%
Return on assets (1.29%) (8.84%) 2.85%
Return on invested capital (12.79%) 0.00% 6.41%

Growth

Metric CATO LVLU Apparel Retail median
Revenue growth (TTM) (1.10%) (10.40%) 4.17%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 68.04% 75.43% 5.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.60% 2.57% 5.92%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CATO LVLU Apparel Retail median
Debt to equity 0.00 0.00 0.01
Current ratio 1.36 0.54 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA 18.68 0.38 (0.38)

Dividend

Metric CATO LVLU Apparel Retail median
Dividend yield 0.00% — 1.80%
Payout ratio — — 0.21

Size

Metric CATO LVLU Apparel Retail median
Market cap 47.00m 40.87m 371.52m

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