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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

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

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

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
Cato$649.81M0.09-$18.06M-$1.35-2.25
Designer Brands$3.01B0.05-$10.55M-$0.68-4.85

In the previous week, Cato had 3 more articles in the media than Designer Brands. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cato and 7 mentions for Designer Brands. Designer Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.13 beat Cato's score of -0.16 indicating that Designer Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

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
Cato-4.02% -14.71% -5.80%
Designer Brands -0.97%-0.84%-0.12%

Designer Brands has a consensus price target of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.22%. Given Designer Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Designer Brands is more favorable than Cato.

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

Summary

Designer Brands beats Cato on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$62.57M$7.60B$26.78B$21.04B
Dividend YieldN/A2.86%177.03%3.59%
P/E Ratio-2.2570.8630.7428.45
Price / Sales0.091.262.7871.70
Price / CashN/A17.6552.3122.92
Price / Book0.383.095.694.68
Net Income-$18.06M$372.42M$880.44M$995.51M
7 Day Performance7.61%5.30%2.32%1.65%
1 Month Performance10.14%11.00%7.08%4.54%
1 Year Performance-41.31%0.41%25.91%10.00%

Cato Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CATO
Cato
0.7293 of 5 stars
$3.04
-4.1%
N/A-40.6%$62.57M$649.81M-2.257,000
DBI
Designer Brands
3.4703 of 5 stars
$3.12
-0.2%
$3.50
+12.4%
-56.4%$152.09M$2.95B-4.5814,000
PLCE
Children's Place
0.4766 of 5 stars
$4.99
+0.2%
$6.00
+20.2%
-29.4%$110.63M$1.39B-1.597,900
TLYS
Tilly's
2.2168 of 5 stars
$1.43
-2.7%
$2.25
+57.3%
-67.8%$43.12M$561.21M-0.885,619News Coverage
Gap Down
TJX
TJX Companies
4.957 of 5 stars
$123.54
-0.1%
$141.06
+14.2%
+13.5%$138.00B$56.99B29.07364,000Positive News
ROST
Ross Stores
4.8566 of 5 stars
$131.17
flat
$158.94
+21.2%
-2.0%$42.90B$21.26B20.72107,000Positive News
URBN
Urban Outfitters
4.5857 of 5 stars
$72.10
-0.2%
$74.09
+2.8%
+67.3%$6.46B$5.55B15.0829,000Positive News
ANF
Abercrombie & Fitch
3.7477 of 5 stars
$92.26
+3.3%
$110.63
+19.9%
-39.1%$4.40B$4.95B9.0839,200Positive News
BKE
Buckle
3.0719 of 5 stars
$48.36
+2.1%
$41.00
-15.2%
+22.3%$2.47B$1.22B12.438,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
FL
Foot Locker
3.6778 of 5 stars
$25.09
+0.1%
$21.20
-15.5%
-2.1%$2.39B$7.99B-6.6547,306
AEO
American Eagle Outfitters
4.1964 of 5 stars
$10.18
+2.8%
$14.70
+44.5%
-44.5%$1.76B$5.33B10.3844,000Trending News
Options Volume
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:CATO) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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