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CATO vs URBN

Side-by-side comparison of Cato Corporation (CATO) and Urban Outfitters Inc. (URBN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both CATO and URBN operate in Clothing/Shoe/Accessory Stores (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
  • URBN is the larger of the two at $6.36B, about 98.6x CATO ($64.5M).
  • Over the past year, CATO is up 24.9% and URBN is up 3.1% - CATO leads by 21.8 points.
  • URBN has been more active in the news (17 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for CATO).
  • URBN has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for CATO).
PerformanceCATO+24.90%URBN+3.05%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricCATOURBN
Company
Cato Corporation
Urban Outfitters Inc.
Price
$3.21-0.31%
$71.86+0.84%
Market cap
$64.5M
$6.36B
1M return
+12.24%
+1.99%
1Y return
+24.90%
+3.05%
Industry
Clothing/Shoe/Accessory Stores
Clothing/Shoe/Accessory Stores
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
1993
News (4w)
4
17
Recent ratings
0
25
CATO

Cato Corporation

The Cato Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer of fashion apparel and accessories primarily in the southeastern United States. It operates through two segments, Retail and Credit. The company's stores and e-commerce Websites offer a range of apparel and accessories, including dressy, career, and casual sportswear; and dresses, coats, shoes, lingerie, costume jewelry, and handbags, as well as men's wear, and lines for kids and infants. It operates its stores and e-commerce Websites under the Cato, Cato Fashions, Cato Plus, It's Fashion, It's Fashion Metro, and Versona names. As of January 30, 2021, the company operated 1,330 stores in 33 states. It also provides credit card services to its customers, as well as layaway plans for customers who agree to make periodic payments. The company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

URBN

Urban Outfitters Inc.

Urban Outfitters, Inc. engages in the retail and wholesale of general consumer products. The company operates through three segments: Retail, wholesale, and Subscription. It operates Urban Outfitters stores, which offer women's and men's fashion apparel, activewear, intimates, footwear, accessories, home goods, electronics, and beauty products for young adults aged 18 to 28; and Anthropologie stores that provide women's casual apparel, accessories, intimates, shoes, and home furnishings, as well as gifts, decorative items, and beauty and wellness products for women aged 28 to 45. The company also operates Bhldn stores, which offer heirloom quality wedding gowns, bridesmaid frocks, party dresses, assorted jewelry, headpieces, footwear, lingerie, and decorations; and Terrain stores that provide lifestyle home products, garden and outdoor living products, antiques, live plants, flowers, wellness products, and accessories. In addition, it operates Free People retail stores, which offer casual women's apparel, intimates, activewear, shoes, accessories, home products, gifts, and beauty and wellness products for young women aged 25 to 30; restaurants; and women's apparel subscription rental service under the Nuuly brand name. The company serves its customers directly through retail stores, Websites, mobile applications, catalogs and customer contact centers, franchised or third-party operated stores, and digital businesses. As of January 31, 2021, it operated 247 Urban Outfitters, 237 Anthropologie Group, and 149 Free People stores in the United States, Canada, and Europe; and 11 restaurants. The company is also involved in the wholesale of young women's contemporary casual apparel, intimates, activewear, and shoes under the Free People brand; and home goods through department and specialty stores worldwide. The company was founded in 1970 and is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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