Cato Gross Profit vs Ebit Analysis

CATO Stock

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Gross Profit vs Ebit

Gross Profit vs Ebit Correlation Analysis

The overlapping area represents the amount of trend that can be explained by analyzing historical patterns of Cato Gross Profit account and Ebit. At this time, the significance of the direction appears to have strong relationship.

The correlation between Cato's Gross Profit and Ebit is 0.78. Overlapping area represents the amount of variation of Gross Profit that can explain the historical movement of Ebit in the same time period over historical financial statements of Cato Corporation, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical values of Cato's Gross Profit and Ebit is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these accounts tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which Gross Profit of Cato Corporation are associated (or correlated) with its Ebit. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when Ebit has no effect on the direction of Gross Profit i.e., Cato's Gross Profit and Ebit go up and down completely randomly.

Correlation Coefficient

0.78

Relationship Direction	Positive
Relationship Strength	Significant

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Gross Profit

Gross profit is a required income statement account that reflects total revenue of Cato Corporation minus its cost of goods sold. It is profit before Cato operating expenses, interest payments and taxes. Gross profit is also known as gross margin. The profit a company makes after deducting the costs associated with making and selling its products, or the costs associated with providing its services.

Ebit

Most indicators from Cato's fundamental ratios are interrelated and interconnected. However, analyzing fundamental ratios indicators one by one will only give a small insight into Cato current financial condition. On the other hand, looking into the entire matrix of fundamental ratios indicators, and analyzing their relationships over time can provide a more complete picture of the company financial strength now and in the future. Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Cato Corporation. Also, note that the market value of any company could be tightly coupled with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in estimate.

At this time, Cato's Tax Provision is very stable compared to the past year. As of the 28th of May 2024, Sales General And Administrative To Revenue is likely to grow to 0.35, while Selling General Administrative is likely to drop about 198 M.

	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Gross Profit	316.2M	249.6M	233.9M	251.0M
Total Revenue	769.3M	759.3M	708.1M	724.6M

Gross Profit Total Revenue

Cato fundamental ratios Correlations

	Total Assets	Short Long Term Debt Total	Other Current Liab	Total Current Liabilities	Total Stockholder Equity	Property Plant And Equipment Net	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Cash	Non Current Assets Total	Non Currrent Assets Other	Cash And Short Term Investments	Net Receivables	Common Stock Shares Outstanding	Non Current Liabilities Total	Inventory	Other Current Assets	Other Stockholder Equity	Total Liab	Property Plant And Equipment Gross	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Accounts Payable	Common Stock Total Equity	Short Term Investments	Common Stock
Total Assets		0.72	0.67	0.92	0.77	0.65	0.08	0.57	0.24	0.51	0.45	0.76	0.43	-0.39	0.21	0.81	0.21	0.62	0.71	0.21	0.8	0.93	0.8	-0.02	0.75	-0.03
Short Long Term Debt Total	0.72		0.46	0.63	0.58	0.43	-0.08	0.46	0.32	0.28	0.55	0.55	0.13	-0.32	0.06	0.61	0.39	0.45	0.48	-0.01	0.58	0.72	0.57	-0.08	0.44	-0.05
Other Current Liab	0.67	0.46		0.5	0.59	0.39	0.03	0.53	0.14	0.27	0.49	0.65	0.03	0.01	0.11	0.52	0.05	0.19	0.4	-0.09	0.59	0.46	0.32	0.2	0.72	0.23
Total Current Liabilities	0.92	0.63	0.5		0.52	0.77	0.29	0.31	0.09	0.64	0.47	0.52	0.5	-0.59	0.38	0.67	0.01	0.7	0.85	0.49	0.6	0.87	0.78	-0.23	0.52	-0.28
Total Stockholder Equity	0.77	0.58	0.59	0.52		0.03	-0.51	0.93	0.6	-0.05	0.25	0.98	0.28	0.21	-0.37	0.94	0.57	0.21	0.09	-0.31	0.99	0.73	0.81	0.52	0.89	0.52
Property Plant And Equipment Net	0.65	0.43	0.39	0.77	0.03		0.76	-0.18	-0.37	0.87	0.28	0.02	0.32	-0.78	0.79	0.14	-0.36	0.67	0.97	0.66	0.07	0.57	0.23	-0.56	0.14	-0.6
Net Debt	0.08	-0.08	0.03	0.29	-0.51	0.76		-0.71	-0.76	0.84	0.07	-0.52	0.18	-0.73	0.95	-0.41	-0.64	0.54	0.69	0.79	-0.48	0.0	-0.29	-0.77	-0.28	-0.8
Retained Earnings	0.57	0.46	0.53	0.31	0.93	-0.18	-0.71		0.64	-0.37	0.12	0.94	0.14	0.47	-0.64	0.82	0.53	-0.16	-0.13	-0.6	0.91	0.54	0.65	0.75	0.81	0.76
Cash	0.24	0.32	0.14	0.09	0.6	-0.37	-0.76	0.64		-0.37	0.1	0.6	0.05	0.4	-0.56	0.53	0.67	-0.13	-0.29	-0.41	0.59	0.22	0.51	0.49	0.26	0.52
Non Current Assets Total	0.51	0.28	0.27	0.64	-0.05	0.87	0.84	-0.37	-0.37		0.27	-0.09	0.34	-0.8	0.93	0.06	-0.31	0.86	0.85	0.85	-0.02	0.4	0.19	-0.7	0.06	-0.73
Non Currrent Assets Other	0.45	0.55	0.49	0.47	0.25	0.28	0.07	0.12	0.1	0.27		0.32	-0.28	-0.47	0.17	0.35	0.18	0.45	0.42	0.22	0.29	0.42	0.3	-0.38	0.3	-0.36
Cash And Short Term Investments	0.76	0.55	0.65	0.52	0.98	0.02	-0.52	0.94	0.6	-0.09	0.32		0.24	0.22	-0.39	0.89	0.48	0.15	0.1	-0.36	0.98	0.69	0.77	0.52	0.92	0.53
Net Receivables	0.43	0.13	0.03	0.5	0.28	0.32	0.18	0.14	0.05	0.34	-0.28	0.24		-0.12	0.21	0.3	-0.05	0.33	0.35	0.28	0.35	0.37	0.49	0.03	0.28	-0.01
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	-0.39	-0.32	0.01	-0.59	0.21	-0.78	-0.73	0.47	0.4	-0.8	-0.47	0.22	-0.12		-0.78	0.02	0.21	-0.82	-0.83	-0.8	0.16	-0.46	-0.14	0.89	0.15	0.92
Non Current Liabilities Total	0.21	0.06	0.11	0.38	-0.37	0.79	0.95	-0.64	-0.56	0.93	0.17	-0.39	0.21	-0.78		-0.29	-0.46	0.7	0.74	0.83	-0.35	0.1	-0.16	-0.82	-0.21	-0.83
Inventory	0.81	0.61	0.52	0.67	0.94	0.14	-0.41	0.82	0.53	0.06	0.35	0.89	0.3	0.02	-0.29		0.55	0.35	0.23	-0.08	0.95	0.81	0.92	0.4	0.81	0.36
Other Current Assets	0.21	0.39	0.05	0.01	0.57	-0.36	-0.64	0.53	0.67	-0.31	0.18	0.48	-0.05	0.21	-0.46	0.55		0.08	-0.29	-0.37	0.53	0.35	0.41	0.31	0.27	0.34
Other Stockholder Equity	0.62	0.45	0.19	0.7	0.21	0.67	0.54	-0.16	-0.13	0.86	0.45	0.15	0.33	-0.82	0.7	0.35	0.08		0.73	0.75	0.24	0.63	0.46	-0.65	0.23	-0.68
Total Liab	0.71	0.48	0.4	0.85	0.09	0.97	0.69	-0.13	-0.29	0.85	0.42	0.1	0.35	-0.83	0.74	0.23	-0.29	0.73		0.67	0.15	0.64	0.35	-0.6	0.19	-0.62
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	0.21	-0.01	-0.09	0.49	-0.31	0.66	0.79	-0.6	-0.41	0.85	0.22	-0.36	0.28	-0.8	0.83	-0.08	-0.37	0.75	0.67		-0.25	0.18	0.14	-0.74	-0.24	-0.83
Total Current Assets	0.8	0.58	0.59	0.6	0.99	0.07	-0.48	0.91	0.59	-0.02	0.29	0.98	0.35	0.16	-0.35	0.95	0.53	0.24	0.15	-0.25		0.76	0.86	0.48	0.9	0.48
Short Term Debt	0.93	0.72	0.46	0.87	0.73	0.57	0.0	0.54	0.22	0.4	0.42	0.69	0.37	-0.46	0.1	0.81	0.35	0.63	0.64	0.18	0.76		0.81	-0.05	0.66	-0.08
Accounts Payable	0.8	0.57	0.32	0.78	0.81	0.23	-0.29	0.65	0.51	0.19	0.3	0.77	0.49	-0.14	-0.16	0.92	0.41	0.46	0.35	0.14	0.86	0.81		0.22	0.66	0.17
Common Stock Total Equity	-0.02	-0.08	0.2	-0.23	0.52	-0.56	-0.77	0.75	0.49	-0.7	-0.38	0.52	0.03	0.89	-0.82	0.4	0.31	-0.65	-0.6	-0.74	0.48	-0.05	0.22		0.43	0.98
Short Term Investments	0.75	0.44	0.72	0.52	0.89	0.14	-0.28	0.81	0.26	0.06	0.3	0.92	0.28	0.15	-0.21	0.81	0.27	0.23	0.19	-0.24	0.9	0.66	0.66	0.43		0.43
Common Stock	-0.03	-0.05	0.23	-0.28	0.52	-0.6	-0.8	0.76	0.52	-0.73	-0.36	0.53	-0.01	0.92	-0.83	0.36	0.34	-0.68	-0.62	-0.83	0.48	-0.08	0.17	0.98	0.43

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Cato Account Relationship Matchups

Cato fundamental ratios Accounts

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 (projected)
Total Assets	685.0M	591.5M	633.8M	553.1M	526.7M	413.9M
Other Current Liab	136.2M	44.7M	67.8M	43.6M	39.1M	45.9M
Total Current Liabilities	199.3M	181.9M	244.1M	203.0M	188.0M	127.5M
Total Stockholder Equity	316.5M	246.5M	254.2M	226.6M	192.3M	239.8M
Property Plant And Equipment Net	289.5M	272.4M	244.3M	244.7M	218.7M	117.5M
Net Debt	198.5M	189.2M	164.6M	154.8M	125.2M	131.5M
Retained Earnings	203.5M	129.3M	134.2M	104.7M	64.3M	61.1M
Cash	11.8M	17.5M	19.8M	20.0M	27.9M	34.3M
Non Current Assets Total	322.2M	300.9M	278.1M	275.5M	283.6M	297.8M
Non Currrent Assets Other	24.1M	988K	22.6M	19.7M	13.6M	7.9M
Cash And Short Term Investments	212.2M	143.9M	165.8M	128.7M	106.9M	125.3M
Net Receivables	26.1M	52.7M	55.8M	26.5M	29.8M	42.5M
Common Stock Shares Outstanding	23.7M	22.5M	21.1M	19.9M	19.4M	25.9M
Liabilities And Stockholders Equity	685.0M	591.5M	633.8M	553.1M	526.7M	413.9M
Non Current Liabilities Total	169.2M	163.0M	135.4M	123.6M	146.4M	153.7M
Inventory	115.4M	84.1M	124.9M	112.1M	98.6M	98.2M
Other Current Assets	5.2M	5.8M	5.3M	6.7M	7.8M	10.2M
Other Stockholder Equity	110.8M	115.3M	119.5M	122.4M	127.0M	133.3M
Total Liab	368.5M	345.0M	379.6M	326.5M	334.4M	174.2M
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	289.5M	272.4M	523.9M	526.8M	492.3M	516.9M
Total Current Assets	362.8M	290.6M	355.7M	277.7M	243.1M	281.6M
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income	1.4M	1.2M	(280K)	(1.2M)	395K	414.8K
Accounts Payable	68.4M	73.8M	109.5M	92.0M	87.8M	79.8M
Common Stock Total Equity	832K	826K	820K	762K	685.8K	797.6K
Short Term Investments	200.4M	126.4M	146.0M	108.7M	79.0M	123.8M
Common Stock	820K	762K	728K	691K	694K	770.7K
Other Liab	40.0M	22.0M	19.7M	17.9M	20.6M	26.3M
Other Assets	31.2M	31.4M	27.3M	31.9M	36.7M	38.6M
Property Plant Equipment	94.3M	88.7M	272.4M	244.3M	281.0M	295.1M
Net Tangible Assets	356.8M	485.7M	246.5M	254.2M	228.8M	305.0M
Long Term Investments	1.3M	1.3M	1.8M	1.9M	2.1M	1.4M
Non Current Liabilities Other	22.0M	19.7M	17.9M	16.2M	14.5M	23.1M
Net Invested Capital	316.5M	246.5M	254.2M	226.6M	192.3M	214.8M

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

1.481

Dividend Share

0.68

Earnings Share

(1.17)

Revenue Per Share

35.656

Quarterly Revenue Growth

(0.08)

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Total Current Assets	+ 0.99	Total Stockholder Equity
Cash And Short Term Investments	+ 0.98	Total Stockholder Equity
Total Current Assets	+ 0.98	Cash And Short Term Investments
Common Stock	+ 0.98	Common Stock Total Equity
Total Liab	+ 0.97	Property Plant And Equipment Net
Non Current Liabilities Total	+ 0.95	Net Debt

Common Stock	- 0.83	Property Plant And Equipment Gross
Common Stock	- 0.83	Non Current Liabilities Total
Total Liab	- 0.83	Common Stock Shares Outstanding
Common Stock Total Equity	- 0.82	Non Current Liabilities Total
Other Stockholder Equity	- 0.82	Common Stock Shares Outstanding
Property Plant And Equipment Gross	- 0.8	Common Stock Shares Outstanding