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The Cato (FRA:CO2A) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 0.38 (As of May. 28, 2024)


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What is The Cato Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-28), The Cato's current share price is €5.45. The Cato's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €14.36. The Cato's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 0.38.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Cato's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:CO2A' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3   Med: 1.15   Max: 3.93
Current: 0.39

During the past years, The Cato's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 3.93. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 1.15.

FRA:CO2A's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked better than
84.1% of 736 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 1.16 vs FRA:CO2A: 0.39

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

The Cato's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was €8.584. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is €14.36 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2024.

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The Cato Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Cato's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

The Cato Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.11 0.78 1.08 0.63 0.44

The Cato Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.63 0.52 0.54 0.45 0.44

Competitive Comparison of The Cato's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, The Cato's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, The Cato's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Cato's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



The Cato Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

The Cato's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=5.45/14.36
=0.38

* 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.

The Cato's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, The Cato's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Jan. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2024)
=8.584/130.1244*130.1244
=8.584

Current CPI (Jan. 2024) = 130.1244.

The Cato Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201404 9.649 100.023 12.553
201407 10.038 100.520 12.994
201410 10.676 100.176 13.868
201501 11.725 98.604 15.473
201504 13.269 99.824 17.297
201507 13.336 100.691 17.234
201510 13.015 100.346 16.877
201601 13.635 99.957 17.750
201604 13.831 100.947 17.829
201607 14.406 101.524 18.464
201610 13.927 101.988 17.769
201701 13.564 102.456 17.227
201704 13.758 103.167 17.353
201707 12.358 103.278 15.570
201710 11.981 104.070 14.981
201801 10.790 104.578 13.426
201804 11.076 105.708 13.634
201807 11.495 106.324 14.068
201810 11.532 106.695 14.064
201901 11.282 106.200 13.824
201904 11.803 107.818 14.245
201907 12.052 108.250 14.487
201910 12.171 108.577 14.586
202001 11.736 108.841 14.031
202004 10.407 108.173 12.519
202007 9.667 109.318 11.507
202010 9.493 109.861 11.244
202101 8.953 110.364 10.556
202104 9.690 112.673 11.191
202107 10.277 115.183 11.610
202110 10.598 116.696 11.818
202201 10.409 118.619 11.419
202204 11.059 121.978 11.798
202207 11.409 125.002 11.877
202210 11.408 125.734 11.806
202301 10.264 126.223 10.581
202304 10.217 127.992 10.387
202307 9.902 128.974 9.990
202310 9.997 129.810 10.021
202401 8.584 130.124 8.584

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


The Cato  (FRA:CO2A) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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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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