The Cato Corporation (CATO) |
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| $19.73 52 Week Low | $22.56 2017-04-28 15:15:23 MDT | $38.88 52 Week High |
| Services Sector | Apparel Stores Industry |
| NYSE Stock Exchange | United States Country |
| Market Cap: | $582,780,000 | Small Cap (Between $200M and $2B) |
| Analyst Recommendation: | 3 | Analysts say: Neutral. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell) |
| Beta: | 0.86 | Low Volatility Stock (beta under 1). Stock will go up less when the market goes up, and go down less when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index. |
ForwardPE: 13.99 | 5 Yr Est Growth: 10.00% | Yield: 6.19% |
PEG-Y Ratio: 0.86 | Excellent Growth Value at a Reasonable Price! Company's growth plus yield is greater than or equal to the PE Ratio. PEGY less than 1 is Excellent! |
% Above 50 DayMA: 3.06% | % Above 200 DayMA: -17.00% |
CATO Performance 52 Weeks: -40.66% | S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 12.50% |
Mixed Trend. Short Term trend is up, but longer term trend is down. Currently beyond technical death cross because 50 Day MA is below 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week Low than 52 Week High. | CATO underperforming S&P 500 by -53.16% the last 52 Weeks. |
Price To Book: 1.52 | Great Value. Low Price to Book means better value. |
EV to EBITDA: 4.26 | Great Value! A low EV to EBITDA ratio is great. Ideally, under 10. Under 17 is okay. |
| Field | Value | Average | Comments |
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| % Held By Insiders | 2.78% | 17.28% | Held by fewer than average Insiders. |
| % Held By Institutions | 87.60% | 62.07% | Institutional percentage greater than average. Institutional buying and selling can really move stock price. |
| Short % Of Float | 3.27% | 07.02% | Shorted percentage less than average percent. Is stock loved? Do traders and investors believe in the stock? |
| Debt to Equity | N/A | 1.08 | Unknown. |
| Profit Margin % | 4.94% | -00.18% | Profit Margin is better than the average! Good job. |
| Operating Margin % | 5.83% | -05.28% | Operating Margin greater than average percent. Good. |
| Return on Equity % | 11.85% | -08.79% | Return on Equity greater than average percent. Good. |
| Return on Assets % | 5.59% | -01.29% | Return on Assets greater than average percent. Good. |
| Revenue Per Employee | $93,781.37 | $883,096.70 | Less than average Revenue Per Employee. This stock (or industry) might not be as efficient as others? Each industry might have a different standard. |
| Price to Cash | 2.36 | 5.52 | Lower than average Price to Cash. Meaning that the company has a higher percentage of cash as a percent of price. Cash can be good to cushion company during hard times, and as a potential source for buyouts or investments. However, some activists want the cash to be used by a company to buy its own stock, or to increase their dividend, or to invest the money. |
| CPEGY Ratio | 0.50 | 2.26 | Less than than average CPEGY Ratio. Ideally, a CPEGY should be less than 1 or less than 1.5. CPEGY is the PEG Ratio but incorporating the yield and subtracting Cash Per Share. |
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