Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO) Competitors

Cato (NYSE:CATO) and Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, CATO or VSCO?

Cato has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria's Secret & Co. has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CATO or VSCO?

Victoria's Secret & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Cato. Cato is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria's Secret & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cato	$708.06M	0.15	-$23.94M	-$0.84	-6.17
Victoria's Secret & Co.	$6.13B	0.24	$109M	$1.30	14.30

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CATO or VSCO?

Cato received 158 more outperform votes than Victoria's Secret & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.73% of users gave Cato an outperform vote while only 16.04% of users gave Victoria's Secret & Co. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cato	Outperform Votes 175 59.73%	Underperform Votes 118 40.27%
Victoria's Secret & Co.	Outperform Votes 17 16.04%	Underperform Votes 89 83.96%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CATO or VSCO?

61.1% of Cato shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of Cato shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CATO or VSCO?

Victoria's Secret & Co. has a consensus price target of $18.50, suggesting a potential downside of 0.48%. Given Cato's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Victoria's Secret & Co. 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)	N/A
Victoria's Secret & Co.	6 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60

Is CATO or VSCO more profitable?

Victoria's Secret & Co. has a net margin of 1.71% compared to Victoria's Secret & Co.'s net margin of -2.51%. Cato's return on equity of 46.52% beat Victoria's Secret & Co.'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cato	-2.51%	-8.36%	-3.55%
Victoria's Secret & Co.	1.71%	46.52%	3.63%

Does the media prefer CATO or VSCO?

In the previous week, Cato had 8 more articles in the media than Victoria's Secret & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cato and 4 mentions for Victoria's Secret & Co.. Cato's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Victoria's Secret & Co.'s score of -0.35 indicating that Victoria's Secret & Co. 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)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Victoria's Secret & Co.	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Victoria's Secret & Co. beats Cato on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.