Yahoo! FinanceFinance Home - My Yahoo - Yahoo! - Help 

Thursday, January 7, 2010, 12:56PM ET - U.S. Markets close in 3 hours and 4 minutes. Dow Up 0.09% Nasdaq Down 0.35%
Cato Corp. (CATO)At 12:40PM ET: 21.21  Up 0.09 (0.43%)  
MORE ON CATO
Quotes
Charts
News & Info
Company
HereKey Statistics
Analyst Coverage
Ownership
Financials

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
VALUATION MEASURES 
Market Cap (intraday)5:627.48M
Enterprise Value (7-Jan-10)3:444.67M
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):14.64
Forward P/E (fye 31-Jan-11) 1:13.77
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected):1.07
Price/Sales (ttm):0.71
Price/Book (mrq):2.17
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:0.51
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:5.442
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:31-Jan
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):31-Oct-09
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):4.84%
Operating Margin (ttm):6.80%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):8.45%
Return on Equity (ttm):15.38%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):875.35M
Revenue Per Share (ttm):30.183
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):6.00%
Gross Profit (ttm):295.66M
EBITDA (ttm):81.71M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):42.14M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.45
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):262.50%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):180.16M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):6.09
Total Debt (mrq):0
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):N/A
Current Ratio (mrq):2.355
Book Value Per Share (mrq):9.747
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):76.95M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):58.64M
View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
Income Statement - Balance Sheet
Cash Flow


TRADING INFORMATION 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.73
52-Week Change3:48.63%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:25.42%
52-Week High (23-Oct-09)3:23.17
52-Week Low (06-Mar-09)3:12.76
50-Day Moving Average3:19.95
200-Day Moving Average3:19.48
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3:125,152
Average Volume (10 day)3:105,057
Shares Outstanding5:29.58M
Float:27.45M
% Held by Insiders1:1.31%
% Held by Institutions1:96.60%
Shares Short (as of 15-Dec-09)3:981.81K
Short Ratio (as of 15-Dec-09)3:8.3
Short % of Float (as of 15-Dec-09)3: N/A
Shares Short (prior month)3:1.04M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.66
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:3.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate3:0.66
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:3.10%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:2.90%
Payout Ratio4:46%
Dividend Date3:03-Jan-10
Ex-Dividend Date4:17-Dec-09
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:3:2
Last Split Date3:28-Jun-05


Add to My Portfolio Add to Portfolio    Set Alert Set Alert    Email to a Friend Email to a Friend
Get Key Statistics for Another Symbol: Symbol Lookup
Annual ReportsSector Analysis

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 31-Oct-09)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 31-Oct-09)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of 31-Oct-09)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Jan-09)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 = Data provided by Thomson; 2 = Data provided by EDGAR Online;
3 = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance;
4 = Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.;
5 = Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report
and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.