CATO (The Cato) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : N/A (As of Mar. 03, 2025)

The Cato Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

The Cato Annual Data
	Trend	Jan15	Jan16	Jan17	Jan18	Jan19	Jan20	Jan21	Jan22	Jan23	Jan24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					8.45	-	6.26	-	-

The Cato Quarterly Data
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Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	-	-	-	-

Competitive Comparison of The Cato's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, The Cato's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Cato's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Cato's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.

The Cato Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

The Cato's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

The Cato's Share Price of today is $2.94.
The Cato's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1.72.

* 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:

The Cato  (NYSE:CATO) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.

Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.

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