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The Cato (FRA:CO2A) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate : 32.00% (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is The Cato 3-Year FCF Growth Rate?

The Cato's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was €-0.64.

During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 32.00% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average Free Cash Flow per Share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of The Cato was 71.90% per year. The lowest was -34.20% per year. And the median was 4.40% per year.


Competitive Comparison of The Cato's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, The Cato's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate 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 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Cato's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Cato's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate falls into.



The Cato 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation

This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average Free Cash Flow per Share growth rate.


The Cato  (FRA:CO2A) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Explanation

Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.


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The Cato (FRA:CO2A) Business Description

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Address
8100 Denmark Road, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28273-5975
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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