CATO vs. NDLS, PETS, TZOO, PSQH, BIRD, RRGB, CBD, CONN, BGFV, and WILC
Should you be buying Cato stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cato include Noodles & Company (NDLS), PetMed Express (PETS), Travelzoo (TZOO), PSQ (PSQH), Allbirds (BIRD), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Companhia Brasileira De Distribuicao (CBD), Conn's (CONN), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), and G. Willi-Food International (WILC). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) and Cato (NYSE:CATO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cato has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Noodles & Company has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cato. Noodles & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cato, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Noodles & Company has a net margin of -2.58% compared to Noodles & Company's net margin of -3.38%. Noodles & Company's return on equity of -11.11% beat Cato's return on equity.
65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of Cato shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Cato shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Noodles & Company received 211 more outperform votes than Cato when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.66% of users gave Cato an outperform vote while only 56.64% of users gave Noodles & Company an outperform vote.
Noodles & Company currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 76.77%. Given Cato's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Noodles & Company is more favorable than Cato.
In the previous week, Cato had 12 more articles in the media than Noodles & Company. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Cato and 3 mentions for Noodles & Company. Cato's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Noodles & Company's score of 0.02 indicating that Noodles & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Noodles & Company beats Cato on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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