CATO CORP-CLASS A (CATO) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:CATO - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US1492051065 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Overall CATO gets a technical rating of 0 out of 10. CATO scores bad on all fronts: it is a bad performer in the overall market and both the medium and short term pictures are negative.
The short term trend is negative, as is the long term trend. There should be more interesting stocks out there.
90% of all other stocks performed better in the past year than CATO.
CATO is one of the lesser performing stocks in the Specialty Retail industry. 72% of 121 stocks in the same industry do better.
CATO is currently trading near the lower end of its 52 week range, which is not a good sign. CATO is lagging the S&P500 Index which is trading in the middle of its 52 week range.
In the last month CATO has a been trading in the 2.19 - 2.97 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Considerably lower volume is observed in the last couple of days.
CATO has a bad technical rating, but it does show a decent setup pattern. We see reduced volatility while prices have been consolidating in the most recent period. We notice that large players showed an interest for CATO in the last couple of days, which is a good sign.
- Behavior of large players is measured by the Effective Volume indicator. This indicator inspects the 1 minute timeframe looking for high volume transactions.
More info and screens
2.46
3.97
When analyzing the resistance we notice 4 important areas.
- A resistance zone ranging from 2.49 to 2.49. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- A resistance zone ranging from 3.20 to 3.24. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
- Resistance @3.81 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @3.93 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS10.73
Mansfield-4.4
10 Day High2.58
10 Day Low2.29
20 Day High2.97
20 Day Low2.19
52 Week High6.7
52 Week Low2.19
Performance
1 Week3.33%
2 Weeks1.22%
1 Month-15.93%
3 Month-25.97%
6 Month-60.82%
12 Month-49.9%
2 Year-69.23%
3 Year-81%
5 Year-74.43%
10 Year-93.35%
15 Year-89.55%
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)0.02
RSI(14)45.04
LBB2.25
UBB2.5
2.48
+0.15 (+6.44%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorConsumer Discretionary
GICS IndustrySpecialty Retail
Performance
% Chg6.44%
1 Week3.33%
2 Weeks1.22%
1 Month-15.93%
3 Month-25.97%
6 Month-60.82%
12 Month-49.9%
2 Year-69.23%
3 Year-81%
5 Year-74.43%
10 Year-93.35%
15 Year-89.55%
Volatility
ATR(14)0.18
ATR(20)%8.41%
ATR Inc-39.35%
Range Today0.14
ADR(20)0.2
ADR(20)%8.24%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS10.73
Mansfield-4.4
10 Day High2.58
10 Day Low2.29
20 Day High2.97
20 Day Low2.19
52 Week High6.7
52 Week Low2.19
CS1 EndN/A
CR1 Start2.49
Volume & EV
DER(3)13.7%
DER(5)6.25%
Volume20.30K
Volume Incr18.84%
Vol(5)41.98K
Vol(50)66.67K