The Cato Corporation
General ticker "CATO" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Apparel - Retail
- Capitalization: $63.7M (TTM average)
The Cato Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 39.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 3.1%: low 3.41$, high 3.62$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 7300 (-3.9%) as of 2024
- Top business risk factors: Supply chain disruptions, Geopolitical risks, Regulatory and compliance, Cybersecurity threats, Operational and conduct risks
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2025-01-31 to 2027-01-31
- 2025-01-31 to 2026-01-31 estimated range: [2.62$, 6.41$]
- 2026-01-31 to 2027-01-31 estimated range: [2.58$, 6.31$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CATO estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of -3.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: -5.02 < Operating profit margin, % of -4.00
- Negative: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of -28.51 <= 0.04
- Positive: 5.42 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 7.92
- Positive: 2.95 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 3.10
- Positive: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of 41.82 > -0.62
- Negative: negative Net income
- Positive: 19.35 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 35.88 <= 42.53
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Long-term CATO plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $759.26MM | $708.06MM | $649.81MM |
| Operating Expenses | $762.42MM | $725.12MM | $676.90MM |
| Operating Income | $-3.16MM | $-17.06MM | $-27.09MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $4.93MM | $3.25MM | $10.98MM |
| Interest Expense | $0.09MM | $0.04MM | $0.06MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1.77MM | $-13.80MM | $-16.11MM |
| Taxes | $1.74MM | $10.14MM | $1.94MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $0.04MM | $-22.59MM | $-18.61MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $226.59MM | $192.32MM | $162.30MM |
| Inventory | $112.06MM | $98.60MM | $110.74MM |
| Assets | $553.14MM | $486.82MM | $452.36MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $13.37MM | $0.48MM | $-19.75MM |
| Capital expenditure | $19.43MM | $12.53MM | $7.87MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $16.02MM | $19.78MM | $28.96MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-29.28MM | $-16.13MM | $-14.05MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.00 | $-1.17 | $-0.97 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.