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Cato Corp

The past year gave good returns for Cato Corp investors

Over the period from December 2015 till December 2016 the stock lost around 19 percent. The period between August 2011 and August 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock rose around 27 percent. Cato Corp's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were relatively stable and moved between 944,05 million dollars and 1,01 billion dollars. Cato Corp's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were quiet stable and moved between 64,83 million dollars and 66,84 million dollars.

The core activities of Cato Corp are in the personal goods sector. The global personal goods companies gained over the past 10 years on average 51 percent. Since 2011 the sector is 36 percent higher and over the past year minus 51 percent.

Cato Corp paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years Cato Corp's dividend yield was at around 5,46 percent per year.

Cato Corp financed with relatively low debt

At the end of 2015 the American company's balance sheet was worth 642,34 million dollars. Last year the total debt of the company was 229,67 million dollars. This equals around 35,76 percent of the total balance sheet. At the end of 2015 the personal goods company's stock was traded with a price/earnings-ratio 17. So the stock' value was 17 times the 2015' earnings per share. Based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the American company's market capitalization equaled around 1 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 27,37 million stocks listed.

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