The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-25), The Cato's share price is $4.88. The Cato's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $9.35. Hence, The Cato's PB Ratio of today is 0.52.
Good Sign:
The Cato Corp stock PB Ratio (=0.54) is close to 10-year low of 0.54
The historical rank and industry rank for The Cato's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
CATO'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.52 Med: 1.32 Max: 3.27
Current: 0.52
During the past 13 years, The Cato's highest PB Ratio was 3.27. The lowest was 0.52. And the median was 1.32.
CATO's PB Ratio is ranked better than 83.9% of 1062
companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 1.49
vs CATO: 0.52
During the past 12 months, The Cato's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -15.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -5.60% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was -3.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of The Cato was 70.40% per year. The lowest was -22.40% per year. And the median was 5.10% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
The Cato PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for The Cato's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Apparel Retail subindustry, The Cato's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
The Cato's PB Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry
For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Cato's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where The Cato's PB Ratio falls into.
The Cato PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
The Cato's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
The Cato PB Ratio Related Terms
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The Cato Corp operates as a specialty retailer of fashion apparel and accessories primarily in the southeastern United States. Its primary objective is to be the fashion specialty retailer for fashion and value in its markets. The company operates through the following business segments: Retail and Credit. The Retail segment which generates majority revenue offers fashion specialty stores. The Credit segment involves credit card services.
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