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CATO vs. DBI, PLCE, TLYS, TJX, ROST, URBN, ANF, BKE, FL, and AEO

Should you be buying Cato stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cato include Designer Brands (DBI), Children's Place (PLCE), Tilly's (TLYS), TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Buckle (BKE), Foot Locker (FL), and American Eagle Outfitters (AEO). These companies are all part of the "apparel retail" industry.

Cato vs. Its Competitors

Designer Brands (NYSE:DBI) and Cato (NYSE:CATO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Designer Brands currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.89%. Given Designer Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Designer Brands is more favorable than Cato.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Designer Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Cato
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Designer Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Cato. Designer Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cato, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Designer Brands$3.01B0.05-$10.55M-$0.68-4.44
Cato$649.81M0.09-$18.06M-$1.35-2.20

Designer Brands has a net margin of -0.97% compared to Cato's net margin of -4.02%. Designer Brands' return on equity of -0.84% beat Cato's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Designer Brands-0.97% -0.84% -0.12%
Cato -4.02%-14.71%-5.80%

Designer Brands has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cato has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

88.8% of Designer Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of Cato shares are held by institutional investors. 52.9% of Designer Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Cato shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Cato had 2 more articles in the media than Designer Brands. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cato and 10 mentions for Designer Brands. Cato's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Designer Brands' score of -0.17 indicating that Cato is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Designer Brands
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cato
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Designer Brands beats Cato on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CATO vs. The Competition

MetricCatoRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$56.65M$7.75B$26.42B$20.55B
Dividend YieldN/A2.86%175.53%3.75%
P/E Ratio-2.2064.8329.6528.05
Price / Sales0.091.262.8545.92
Price / CashN/A16.8548.5522.31
Price / Book0.354.705.934.59
Net Income-$18.06M$369.65M$872.48M$985.44M
7 Day Performance7.23%3.22%3.93%2.78%
1 Month Performance11.05%-0.23%4.85%5.40%
1 Year Performance-43.31%-3.14%21.75%14.61%

Cato Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CATO
Cato
0.7541 of 5 stars
$2.97
+3.3%
N/A-43.3%$56.65M$649.81M-2.207,000News Coverage
Positive News
DBI
Designer Brands
4.1472 of 5 stars
$2.31
+0.9%
$3.50
+51.4%
-54.7%$111.81M$3.01B-3.4014,000
PLCE
Children's Place
0.3828 of 5 stars
$3.74
-3.9%
$6.00
+60.4%
-36.9%$86.23M$1.39B-1.197,900
TLYS
Tilly's
3.971 of 5 stars
$1.22
+1.7%
$2.25
+84.4%
-69.8%$36.18M$569.45M-0.755,619Positive News
TJX
TJX Companies
4.8397 of 5 stars
$124.84
+1.1%
$141.53
+13.4%
+14.1%$137.96B$56.36B29.37364,000Positive News
ROST
Ross Stores
4.9288 of 5 stars
$127.87
+0.2%
$159.53
+24.8%
-8.7%$41.76B$21.13B20.20107,000Trending News
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URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.1235 of 5 stars
$66.89
-1.6%
$74.09
+10.8%
+70.3%$6.09B$5.55B13.9929,000
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
3.8475 of 5 stars
$76.87
-1.5%
$110.63
+43.9%
-48.9%$3.72B$4.95B7.5739,200
BKE
Buckle
2.9128 of 5 stars
$44.41
-1.9%
$41.00
-7.7%
+31.7%$2.32B$1.22B11.428,000
FL
Foot Locker
3.2411 of 5 stars
$24.04
+0.3%
$21.20
-11.8%
+7.2%$2.28B$7.90B-6.3847,306Insider Trade
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.568 of 5 stars
$9.71
-0.4%
$14.70
+51.4%
-46.7%$1.69B$5.27B9.9144,000

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This page (NYSE:CATO) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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