CATO PEER ANALYSIS

Cato Corporation — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

CATOCato Corporation

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel Retail

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Apparel Retail

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

CATOIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	CATO	JD	NXT	MAVI	PMV	Ind. Median
P/E	—	9.65	19.90	15.50	7.06●	15.50
P/B	0.39●	1.41	10.63	1.99	2.23	1.89
EV/EBITDA	16.35	3.70	12.03	2.83●	10.66	10.70
P/S	0.10●	0.33	2.56	0.61	2.71	0.44

Financial Health
Metric	CATO	JD	NXT	MAVI	PMV	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.29	1.51	1.76	1.59	2.78●	1.51
Debt/Equity	87.0%	123.1%	108.8%	34.6%	23.7%●	91.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	7.92	1.49	1.06	-0.41	-0.58●	1.28

Profitability
Metric	CATO	JD	NXT	MAVI	PMV	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-0.0%	3.4%	12.9%	3.9%	38.4%●	3.8%
ROE	-0.1%	14.7%	53.9%●	14.5%	35.8%	17.8%
ROA	-0.1%	4.4%	18.2%●	7.4%	15.7%	5.8%
EBITDA Margin	1.2%	15.0%	23.4%	18.9%	24.1%●	10.9%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CATO	JD	NXT	MAVI	PMV	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	1.8%	10.5%	12.8%●	4.0%	5.3%	4.9%
NI Growth	—	-11.0%	20.7%	-41.8%	63.3%●	11.2%
Div. Yield	0.0%	1.4%	1.8%	3.6%	6.5%●	2.3%
Payout	0.0%	11.9%	32.2%	55.5%	9.9%	40.4%

Valuation
Metric	CATO	RENT	TLYS	DXLG	BIRD	DLTH	Ind. Median
P/E	—	3.69	—	—	—	—	15.50
P/B	0.39	-2.06●	1.67	0.34	1.89	0.99	1.89
EV/EBITDA	16.35	1.57●	31.00	—	—	13.13	10.70
P/S	0.10	0.31	0.23	0.08●	0.26	0.28	0.44

Financial Health
Metric	CATO	RENT	TLYS	DXLG	BIRD	DLTH	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.29	0.75	1.12	1.26	1.59	1.62●	1.51
Debt/Equity	87.0%	-369.8%●	226.2%	207.7%	204.4%	93.3%	91.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	7.92	0.93	15.81	-45.27●	-0.27	6.22	1.28

Profitability
Metric	CATO	RENT	TLYS	DXLG	BIRD	DLTH	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-0.0%	8.5%●	-0.6%	-9.2%	-64.9%	-2.0%	3.8%
ROE	-0.1%●	—	-4.1%	-32.8%	-153.7%	-6.8%	17.8%
ROA	-0.1%	13.0%●	-1.0%	-10.7%	-65.6%	-2.7%	5.8%
EBITDA Margin	1.2%	49.2%●	1.5%	-1.0%	-59.2%	4.1%	10.9%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CATO	RENT	TLYS	DXLG	BIRD	DLTH	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	1.8%	16.4%●	1.7%	-5.3%	-35.7%	-8.4%	4.9%
NI Growth	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.2%
Div. Yield	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	2.3%
Payout	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	40.4%

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