Cato Valuation

Is CATO undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CATO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CATO ($3.63) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($6.84)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CATO is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CATO?

Key metric: As CATO is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for CATO. This is calculated by dividing CATO's market cap by their current revenue.
What is CATO's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.1x
SalesUS$666.78m
Market CapUS$70.09m

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does CATO's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for CATO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average0.2x
TLYS Tilly's
0.2x2.0%US$117.9m
RTMA.F Reitmans (Canada)
0.2xn/aUS$94.8m
DLTH Duluth Holdings
0.2x0.7%US$131.4m
CTRN Citi Trends
0.2x3.7%US$157.1m
CATO Cato
0.1xn/aUS$70.1m

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: CATO is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the peer average (0.2x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does CATO's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Specialty Retail Industry?

41 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.5x4.7%
CATO Cato
0.1xn/aUS$70.09m
TA TravelCenters of America
0.1x-0.8%US$1.30b
ODP ODP
0.1x-2.1%US$821.02m
CATO 0.1xIndustry Avg. 0.5xNo. of Companies41PS00.61.21.82.43+
41 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.0.5x8.4%
CATO Cato
0.1xn/aUS$70.09m
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: CATO is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.1x) compared to the US Specialty Retail industry average (0.5x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CATO's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CATO PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.1x
Fair PS Ration/a

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CATO's Price-To-Sales Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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