CATO vs. BIG, BIRD, CONN, PLCE, PETS, FAT, PSQH, TZOO, RRGB, and BGFV
Should you be buying Cato stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cato include Big Lots (BIG), Allbirds (BIRD), Conn's (CONN), Children's Place (PLCE), PetMed Express (PETS), FAT Brands (FAT), PSQ (PSQH), Travelzoo (TZOO), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), and Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Cato (NYSE:CATO) and Big Lots (NYSE:BIG) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Cato had 8 more articles in the media than Big Lots. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cato and 5 mentions for Big Lots. Big Lots' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Cato's score of 0.06 indicating that Big Lots is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cato has a net margin of -3.38% compared to Big Lots' net margin of -10.20%. Cato's return on equity of -11.11% beat Big Lots' return on equity.
Cato has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big Lots has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Big Lots has a consensus target price of $5.25, suggesting a potential upside of 47.06%. Given Big Lots' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Big Lots is more favorable than Cato.
Big Lots received 498 more outperform votes than Cato when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.13% of users gave Big Lots an outperform vote while only 59.66% of users gave Cato an outperform vote.
61.1% of Cato shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Big Lots shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of Cato shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Big Lots shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cato has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Big Lots. Cato is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Big Lots, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Cato and Big Lots tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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