Cato Ratios (2010-2025) | CATO

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Profitability
Gross Margin 42.79%36.74%36.20%42.12%38.70%36.03%35.45%42.68%39.14%34.80%35.53%41.82%37.45%35.94%35.37%42.27%39.69%36.69%37.08%42.75%38.52%37.79%36.43%31.29%37.60%36.14%29.54%39.19%31.75%34.59%33.54%40.29%37.87%35.26%33.78%40.92%38.67%38.06%35.13%17.01%21.07%27.45%30.86%41.96%44.36%39.48%37.82%36.03%33.08%29.94%31.91%36.43%35.68%33.13%32.08%36.47%35.29%29.56%29.16%35.79%36.85%32.74%
EBT Margin 15.13%4.31%7.85%17.35%11.94%4.53%6.96%18.63%11.80%3.41%5.64%18.11%9.97%3.23%2.70%16.92%10.05%3.32%4.74%16.90%9.93%4.15%6.72%21.03%7.53%1.61%-10.17%10.87%-1.03%-0.07%-3.67%11.16%3.59%1.32%-1.84%11.10%6.59%3.15%-1.26%-37.26%-6.57%-8.84%-7.01%11.17%8.93%1.68%-3.56%5.66%1.74%-5.16%-2.37%3.42%1.35%-6.54%-7.14%6.56%0.44%-10.09%-8.69%2.49%3.70%-4.09%
EBIT Margin -42.07%-58.95%-55.95%-40.53%-49.36%-59.44%-57.60%-38.69%-49.06%-61.79%-58.83%-40.07%-52.59%-60.83%-61.93%-40.81%-50.10%-60.17%-58.18%-40.34%-51.55%-58.06%-56.85%-68.35%-54.87%-62.24%-80.63%-49.94%-69.28%-65.48%-70.13%-48.55%-58.54%-63.42%-68.07%-47.98%-54.74%-58.79%-66.13%-120.25%-85.50%-81.39%-76.15%-46.87%-46.71%-58.84%-65.74%-58.31%-65.19%-75.22%-70.46%-60.15%-62.97%-73.41%-75.06%-56.96%-64.27%-80.53%-79.53%-61.72%-59.45%-71.34%
EBITDA Margin -42.07%-58.95%-55.95%-40.53%-47.08%-56.75%-55.05%11.54%7.41%2.30%-56.47%11.48%6.18%2.59%-59.43%10.52%6.39%2.62%-55.81%10.83%6.25%3.78%-54.48%15.10%6.84%3.53%-78.10%9.45%-0.33%1.33%-67.94%9.66%3.25%1.80%-65.99%9.41%5.99%3.11%-64.05%-28.51%-3.98%-2.59%-5.43%9.66%6.67%4.71%-4.04%4.13%-1.12%-2.88%-1.21%2.49%0.71%-3.71%-12.87%5.77%0.46%-10.42%-8.91%1.97%3.91%-3.33%
Operating Margin -42.07%-58.95%-55.95%-40.53%-49.36%-59.44%-57.60%-38.69%-49.06%-61.79%-58.83%-40.07%-52.59%-60.83%-61.93%-40.81%-50.10%-60.17%-58.18%-40.34%-51.55%-58.06%-56.85%-68.35%-54.87%-62.24%-80.63%-49.94%-69.28%-65.48%-70.13%-48.55%-58.54%-63.42%-68.07%-47.98%-54.74%-58.79%-66.13%-120.25%-85.50%-81.39%-76.15%-46.87%-46.71%-58.84%-65.74%-58.31%-65.19%-75.22%-70.46%-60.15%-62.97%-73.41%-75.06%-56.96%-64.27%-80.53%-79.53%-61.72%-59.45%-71.34%
Net Margin 9.56%2.93%4.82%11.15%7.64%3.10%4.50%11.52%7.41%2.33%3.39%11.43%6.38%2.43%1.76%10.54%6.35%2.64%3.81%10.95%6.21%3.69%4.73%21.03%6.65%3.95%-5.81%9.27%-0.43%1.42%-7.28%9.82%3.10%2.00%-1.68%9.23%5.58%3.12%-1.68%-28.21%-4.26%-2.40%-5.32%9.72%6.74%5.00%-3.67%4.72%-1.16%-2.52%-1.67%2.31%0.62%-3.84%-13.39%6.20%0.06%-10.31%-8.90%1.94%3.87%-3.34%
FCF Margin -2.45%6.06%14.12%5.52%-5.26%1.82%17.66%0.86%-7.09%-0.98%15.61%9.33%-5.88%4.38%16.72%8.03%-0.46%7.85%8.87%7.63%-4.01%12.78%12.63%6.25%-10.92%10.26%5.07%11.99%-3.90%-2.19%12.99%11.31%-1.88%2.54%5.94%13.78%0.73%0.38%-76.09%11.07%13.75%-4.74%20.62%17.76%-1.87%-12.45%-2.52%5.99%-0.95%-6.13%1.94%5.13%-7.40%-7.69%1.38%0.94%-16.29%-4.97%1.67%5.91%-8.32%
Efficiency
Inventory Average 116.86M136.29M134.60M121.20M122.24M128.81M125.57M113.89M118.93M135.78M133.50M118.74M121.11M140.94M140.26M122.84M121.91M132.67M135.71M128.53M129.65M138.60M137.63M134.09M143.68M149.51M138.73M118.99M116.98M124.65M114.71M106.18M108.76M116.32M115.40M105.58M107.00M114.71M119.07M105.52M86.28M84.20M84.49M78.45M81.14M107.57M126.24M122.08M116.66M114.39M109.43M99.77M95.80M98.74M99.96M98.64M101.57M108.95M110.08M103.35M95.67M
Assets Average 507.96M485.02M501.42M547.03M542.55M504.05M530.49M581.48M576.79M521.86M511.87M563.81M569.77M548.52M554.07M581.67M581.30M595.38M615.26M622.82M620.89M630.36M645.57M650.36M634.75M543.62M521.61M561.30M548.70M532.21M517.27M516.80M511.01M502.40M581.45M661.18M654.26M668.07M662.97M618.69M593.64M591.16M604.69M604.36M588.98M610.46M622.90M586.42M550.68M546.84M543.89M521.15M497.52M487.09M481.98M466.36M439.99M438.38M446.58M438.85M443.56M
Equity Average 327.28M296.16M310.87M363.64M365.86M327.36M342.72M397.98M402.36M334.15M318.25M376.61M385.92M348.58M341.20M376.37M378.45M335.56M348.22M407.34M409.61M364.07M377.38M438.24M427.01M349.87M333.91M371.20M357.51M339.39M333.80M336.28M328.76M321.52M322.67M331.56M333.16M324.11M294.08M268.94M261.18M251.32M254.19M267.85M272.30M262.49M252.42M248.24M240.32M230.70M226.69M226.16M221.43M204.82M194.62M195.99M186.08M169.70M163.61M168.55M169.91M
Invested Capital 326.45M328.11M264.22M357.53M369.76M361.97M292.74M392.70M403.27M401.46M266.84M369.65M383.56M388.27M308.89M373.50M379.23M377.68M293.45M402.99M411.69M407.54M320.59M434.17M442.31M411.72M288.01M379.80M362.60M352.43M326.35M341.25M331.32M326.20M316.84M328.50M334.62M331.71M316.51M271.65M266.22M256.14M246.50M261.88M273.81M270.78M254.20M250.65M245.83M234.81M226.59M226.78M225.53M217.32M192.32M196.91M195.06M177.10M162.30M164.92M172.18M167.64M
Asset Utilization Ratio 1.921.721.721.851.761.601.621.811.831.661.641.681.691.631.661.661.601.591.611.601.501.471.481.671.741.561.561.601.641.651.661.651.411.251.261.241.051.051.030.971.141.201.271.261.221.281.371.391.371.401.431.451.441.461.521.481.441.481.49
Leverage & Solvency
Equity Ratio 0.650.640.580.660.670.670.620.670.700.690.580.660.680.680.590.640.650.650.480.650.660.660.500.670.680.670.610.660.660.640.630.660.640.640.640.490.510.510.460.420.450.430.420.420.460.460.400.410.440.430.410.420.440.450.400.410.430.420.360.370.390.37
Dividends & Payouts
FCF Payout Ratio -1.110.400.140.52-0.651.640.143.65-0.52-28.580.030.07-0.120.150.180.42-8.360.440.330.44-0.930.260.280.61-0.400.390.710.34-1.11-1.770.260.35-2.271.660.590.285.8511.14-0.100.000.07-1.18-0.17-0.700.31-2.15-0.320.930.37-0.30-0.261.442.22-0.15
Valuation
Enterprise Value 452.04M554.80M484.85M488.53M552.64M535.78M545.17M565.14M581.59M585.81M613.74M469.70M594.52M642.58M563.01M597.56M614.16M754.58M951.05M838.54M793.94M799.59M842.62M721.52M694.04M581.48M443.86M366.06M202.27M114.82M88.73M185.64M402.09M282.56M155.17M166.25M106.47M214.58M182.96M128.70M35.72M-4.76M116.83M119.71M155.92M197.27M189.95M146.61M105.60M106.52M82.77M41.62M36.03M24.93M38.67M-3.55M-0.24M43.99M-8.90M-30.16M-35.71M-3.03M
Market Capitalization 686.13M779.68M714.87M749.81M820.55M778.10M785.83M848.08M859.02M841.16M802.39M696.15M840.41M875.85M818.09M836.31M864.60M995.88M1,183.46M1,110.31M1,077.92M1,059.61M1,125.17M1,019.88M989.24M824.43M694.72M600.20M439.90M329.69M285.61M404.25M626.99M492.47M362.48M377.15M339.85M439.11M395.18M276.53M172.67M146.62M260.76M302.89M372.79M397.38M355.70M292.51M259.19M252.26M211.43M169.02M169.23M143.51M141.63M101.80M104.42M130.20M68.80M49.79M55.07M75.95M
Return Ratios
Return on Sales 0.08%0.07%0.07%0.07%0.07%0.07%0.07%0.07%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.07%0.09%0.09%0.09%0.07%0.04%0.02%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.02%0.02%0.04%0.03%0.04%0.04%0.04%-0.02%-0.05%-0.07%-0.08%0.00%0.03%0.05%0.05%0.03%0.01%0.00%0.00%-0.01%0.00%0.00%-0.03%-0.03%-0.03%-0.04%-0.03%-0.04%-0.03%-0.01%
Return on Capital Employed -1.38%-1.21%-1.20%-1.37%-1.29%-1.05%-1.10%-1.33%-1.39%-1.20%-1.17%-1.31%-1.32%-1.20%-1.23%-1.27%-1.18%-1.15%-1.15%-1.15%-1.17%-1.15%-1.18%-1.62%-1.48%-1.35%-1.42%-1.37%-1.38%-1.35%-1.36%-1.35%-1.20%-0.99%-1.01%-0.99%-1.00%-1.08%-1.23%-1.24%-1.21%-1.09%-1.11%-1.13%-1.12%-1.20%-1.43%-1.48%-1.40%-1.36%-1.51%-1.60%-1.55%-1.56%-1.69%-1.81%-1.73%-1.72%-1.53%
Return on Invested Capital -0.96%-0.83%-0.83%-0.94%-0.87%-0.74%-0.74%-0.90%-0.96%-0.83%-0.81%-0.90%-0.93%-0.84%-0.86%-1.00%-0.98%-0.85%-0.86%-0.96%-1.27%-1.18%-1.29%-0.85%-0.94%-1.00%-0.98%-1.40%-1.33%-1.26%-1.20%-1.19%-1.12%-1.37%-1.30%-1.31%-1.49%-1.66%-1.54%-0.04%-0.95%-1.35%-2.57%
Return on Assets 0.14%0.12%0.12%0.13%0.12%0.11%0.11%0.12%0.12%0.10%0.10%0.10%0.10%0.09%0.09%0.10%0.10%0.10%0.10%0.11%0.13%0.13%0.14%0.11%0.06%0.03%0.02%0.02%0.02%0.03%0.04%0.06%0.05%0.05%0.05%0.05%-0.02%-0.05%-0.07%-0.08%0.00%0.04%0.06%0.06%0.04%0.02%-0.01%0.00%-0.01%0.00%-0.01%-0.05%-0.04%-0.04%-0.06%-0.04%-0.06%-0.04%-0.02%
Return on Equity 0.23%0.18%0.18%0.20%0.19%0.16%0.16%0.18%0.19%0.15%0.15%0.16%0.16%0.14%0.15%0.18%0.18%0.15%0.16%0.18%0.23%0.20%0.20%0.18%0.10%0.05%0.03%0.03%0.03%0.05%0.06%0.09%0.09%0.10%0.11%0.11%-0.05%-0.12%-0.16%-0.19%0.01%0.09%0.13%0.14%0.10%0.04%-0.01%0.00%-0.02%-0.01%-0.02%-0.12%-0.09%-0.09%-0.15%-0.11%-0.16%-0.11%-0.05%