The Cato's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $486.8 Mil.
Warning Sign:
If a company builds assets at 3.2% a year, faster than its revenue growth rate of 2.6% over the past 5 years, it means that the company may be getting less efficient.
During the past 12 months, The Cato's average Total Assets Growth Rate was -9.60% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was -5.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 3.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 2.50% per year.
During the past 13 years, The Cato's highest 3-Year average Total Assets Growth Rate was 31.30%. The lowest was -7.70%. And the median was 4.10%.
Total Assets is connected with ROA %. The Cato's annualizedROA % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -19.23%. Total Assets is also linked to Revenue through Asset Turnover. The Cato's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.36.
The Cato Total Assets Historical Data
The historical data trend for The Cato's Total Assets 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.
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The Cato Annual Data
Trend
Jan15
Jan16
Jan17
Jan18
Jan19
Jan20
Jan21
Jan22
Jan23
Jan24
Total Assets
684.98
591.45
633.77
553.14
486.82
The Cato Quarterly Data
Apr19
Jul19
Oct19
Jan20
Apr20
Jul20
Oct20
Jan21
Apr21
Jul21
Oct21
Jan22
Apr22
Jul22
Oct22
Jan23
Apr23
Jul23
Oct23
Jan24
Total Assets
553.14
534.64
507.67
487.37
486.82
The Cato Total Assets Calculation
Total Assets are all the assets a company owns.
From the capital sources of the assets, some of the assets are funded through shareholder's paid in capital and retained earnings of the business. Others are funded through borrowed money.
The Cato's Total Assets for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as
* 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.
Note:
The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) data.
In the article Joining The Dark Side: Pirates, Spies and Short Sellers, James Montier reported that In their US sample covering the period 1968-2003, Cooper et al find that firms with low asset growth outperformed firms with high asset growth by an astounding 20% p.a. equally weighted. Even when controlling for market, size and style, low asset growth firms outperformed high asset growth firms by 13% p.a. Therefore a company with fast asset growth may underperform.
Total Assets is linked to total revenue through Asset Turnover.
The Cato's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is
* 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.
Therefore, if a company grows its Total Assets faster than its Revenue, the Asset Turnover will decline. This might be a warning sign for the business.
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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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