CATO.N
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Previous Close | 18.16 |
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Open | -- |
Volume | -- |
3M AVG Volume | 3.75 |
Today's High | -- |
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52 Week High | 19.29 |
52 Week Low | 11.85 |
Shares Out (MIL) | 24.77 |
Market Cap (MIL) | 446.78 |
Forward P/E | -- |
Dividend (Yield %) | 7.32 |
Cato Reports October Same-Store Sales Up 3%
Cato Reports September Same-Store Sales Up 5%
Cato Reprots August Same Store Sales Rose 3%
The Cato Corporation is a fashion specialty retailer. The Company's merchandise lines include dressy, career, and casual sportswear, dresses, coats, shoes, lingerie, costume jewelry, handbags, men's wear and lines for kids and newborns. The Company has two segments: the operation of a fashion specialty stores segment (Retail Segment) and a credit card segment (Credit Segment). The Company operated its women's fashion specialty retail stores in 33 states as of January 28, 2017, principally in the southeastern United States. The Company offers its own credit card to its customers and all credit authorizations, payment processing, and collection efforts are performed by a separate subsidiary of the Company. The Company's stores offer an assortment of on-trend apparel and accessory items in primarily junior/missy, plus sizes, men's and kids sizes with a focus on color, product coordination and selection.
Industry
Retail (Apparel)
Executive Leadership
John P. Derham Cato
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
John R. Howe
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
Michael T. Greer
Executive Vice President, Director - Stores
Gordon D. Smith
Executive Vice President, Chief Real Estate and Store Development Officer
Bryan F. Kennedy
Lead Independent Director
Price To Earnings (TTM) | 13.40 |
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Price To Sales (TTM) | 0.54 |
Price To Book (MRQ) | 1.34 |
Price To Cash Flow (TTM) | 9.13 |
Total Debt To Equity (MRQ) | 0.00 |
LT Debt To Equity (MRQ) | 0.00 |
Return on Investment (TTM) | 7.77 |
Return on Equity (TTM) | 5.66 |
Adding to mounting conservative criticism of a Securities and Exchange Commission rule that prohibits people who settle with the commission from thereafter denying the government’s allegations, the libertarian Cato Institute sued the SEC Wednesday in federal court in Washington...
* APRIL SALES WERE IMPACTED BY SHIFT OF EASTER FROM APRIL LAST YEAR TO MARCH THIS YEAR
* STORE SALES TO BE IN LOW NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGITS" Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
* SAYS PLANS NO NEW STORES DURING YEAR 2018 AND ANTICIPATES CLOSING UP TO 34 STORES BY YEAR-END Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
* FEBRUARY SAME STORE SALES FELL 5 PERCENT Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
* CATO CORP - EXPANSION OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT MEMBERS Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
* ON A COMPARABLE 14-WEEK BASIS, TOTAL SALES FOR QUARTER DECREASED 8% AND QTRLY COMPARABLE STORE SALES DECREASED 8% FROM LAST YEAR
* SEES Q4 LOSS PER SHARE $0.30 TO $0.45 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
* - "NOVEMBER SAME STORE SALES DECLINE IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR CURRENT TREND"
* Cato Corp - has opened 6 new stores during 2017, down from original plan of 13 stores and expects to close 26 stores versus original plan of 19 stores
* Cato Corp - we expect our full year earnings to be significantly below last year
* Qtrly gross margin decreased 590 basis points to 31.1% as a percent of sales primarily due to lower merchandise margins
* Company's same-store sales for quarter decreased 17 pct to last year
* Says negative sales trends persisted throughout march and april as we continued to work through our merchandise assortment missteps
* "We believe 2017 will be another challenging year for Cato,"
* Cato Corp - board of directors has authorized an increase in company's share repurchase program of 2 million shares
* For quarter, gross margin rate decreased to 35.5 pct of sales from 37.2 pct last year
* October same store sales fell 6 percent Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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