CATO

CATO — Valuation Models

Interactive models with editable assumptions. All calculations run client-side.

Valuation Summary

ModelIntrinsic Valuevs Price ($3.00)
DCF$-7.92-364.1%
Graham Number
Reverse DCF
DDM
EV/EBITDA

Values reflect default assumptions. Adjust inputs in each model below to update.

1 — Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Assumptions

Yahoo: -$3.24M
Rev: 6.3% / EPS: —
Computed: 2.08%
Computed WACC: 2.08%
Cost of equity (Re)7.63%(Rf 4.30% + β 0.60 × ERP 5.50%)
Cost of debt (Rd)0.04%(interest expense ÷ avg debt (SEC))
Tax rate (T)21.00%(US statutory fallback)
Equity weight (E/V)27.02%
Debt weight (D/V)72.98%

Results

Intrinsic Value / share
Current Price$3.00
Upside / Downside
Net Debt (used)$81.01M
Sensitivity: WACC (rows) × Near-term g (cols)
WACC \ Near-term-1.7%2.3%6.3%10.3%14.3%
7.0%$-7.97$-8.67$-9.47$-10.41$-11.48
8.0%$-7.35$-7.90$-8.55$-9.30$-10.16
9.0%$-6.91$-7.38$-7.92$-8.54$-9.25
10.0%$-6.60$-6.99$-7.45$-7.98$-8.58
11.0%$-6.35$-6.70$-7.09$-7.55$-8.07

2 — Graham Number

Assumptions

Graham used 22.5 (15× P/E × 1.5× P/B)
Yahoo: $-0.48
Yahoo: $8.90

Results

Graham Number requires positive EPS and positive Book Value per share. EPS is zero or negative.
Graham Number
Current Price$3.00
Margin of Safety
Formula: √(22.5 × max(0,EPS) × max(0,BVPS))

3 — Reverse DCF (Implied Growth)

Assumptions

Computed: 2.08%
Computed WACC: 2.08%
Cost of equity (Re)7.63%(Rf 4.30% + β 0.60 × ERP 5.50%)
Cost of debt (Rd)0.04%(interest expense ÷ avg debt (SEC))
Tax rate (T)21.00%(US statutory fallback)
Equity weight (E/V)27.02%
Debt weight (D/V)72.98%

Results

Reverse DCF requires positive TTM free cash flow.
Current Price$3.00
Implied Near-term FCF Growth
Historical Revenue Growth6.3%
Historical Earnings Growth
Base FCF (TTM)-$3.24M
Implied growth is the FCF growth rate (yrs 1–5) that makes the DCF intrinsic value equal the current price. Long-term growth is set to half the implied near-term rate.

4 — Dividend Discount Model (DDM)

Assumptions

Yahoo: —

Results

This company does not pay a dividend. DDM is not applicable — the intrinsic value shown uses D0 = $0 unless you enter a hypothetical dividend above.
DDM Intrinsic Value / share
Current Price$3.00
Upside / Downside
Formula: D0 × (1+g) / (r − g)

5 — EV/EBITDA Multiple

Assumptions

Yahoo: -$6.19M
Current: -22.2×
Default: $81.01M

Results

Implied Equity Value / share$3.14
Current Price$3.00
Upside / Downside+4.7%
Implied EV$137.51M