The Cato Corporation (CATO) is a Apparel - Retail company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, currently trading at $2.87. It has a SharesGrow Score of 42/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 1 out of 7 criteria passed.
Valuation: CATO trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -9.3 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 0.12.
Financials: revenue is $654M, -2.5%/yr average growth. Net income is $6M (loss), growing at +30.8%/yr. Net profit margin is -0.9% (negative). Gross margin is 32.5% (-1.9 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $150M against $157M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.96, moderate). Current ratio is 1.24 (adequate). Debt-to-assets is 35.7%. Total assets: $421M.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 100/100 (Pass), Growth 58/100 (Partial), Past 0/100 (Fail), Health 50/100 (Partial), Moat 40/100 (Fail), Future ?/100 (Fail), Income 10/100 (Fail).
