Consumer Discretionary / Apparel RetailUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Based on latest report

Confidence

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

54.2M

NYSE

Market data

Live price

Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/En/a

P25 11.5P50 15.8P75 23.1

Trailing P/En/a

P25 13.1P50 20.6P75 33.1

ROE-3.7

P25 -21.1P50 4.5P75 16.1

ROIC-5.8

P25 -4.5P50 5.2P75 12.8

Benchmarks - 1M

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Russell 2000n/a

Indicator catalog

All CATO market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

216

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 216 of 216 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000018255
Company name	The Cato Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	149205106
Employees	6,700
Employees Change	-300%
Employees Change Percent	-4.29
Enterprise value	$131M
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Apparel Retail
Isin	US1492051065
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$54.2M
Market cap category	Micro-Cap
Price	$2.89
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	97,583.88x
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Sic	5621
Symbol	CATO
Website	https://www.catofashions.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	-10.89%
EV/Sales	0.2x
FCF yield	-9.63%
P/B ratio	0.35x
P/S ratio	0.08x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	-2.15%
EBITDA Margin	-0.66%
Gross margin	33.75%
Gross Profit	$220.6M
Gross Profit Growth	4.21%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-1.42%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	-3.83%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	9.46%
Net Income	$-5.9M
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	2%
Pretax Margin	-1.15%
Profit Margin	-0.9%
Profit Per Employee	$-882
ROA	-2.01
Roa5y	-0.93
ROCE	-5.3
ROE	-3.7
Roe5y	-2.12
ROIC	-5.83
Roic5y	-2.64

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	-17.97%
Cagr15y	-8.84%
Cagr1y	26.22%
Cagr20y	-5.71%
Cagr3y	-25.78%
Cagr5y	-22.09%
Div CAGR10	-5.75%
Div CAGR3	0%
Div CAGR5	43.95%
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	2
Revenue Growth	0.62x
Revenue Growth Q	-3.96x
Revenue Growth Years	1x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-4.86x
Revenue Growth5 Y	2.6x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$1.5
Assets	$421.4M
Cash	$73.6M
Current Assets	$193.3M
Current Liabilities	$155.9M
Debt	$150.4M
Debt EBITDA	$2.35
Debt Equity	$0.96
Equity	$157.3M
Interest Coverage	-122.4
Liabilities	$264.1M
Long Term Assets	$228.2M
Long Term Liabilities	$108.2M
Net Cash	$-76.8M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-142
Net Debt Equity	$0.49
Tangible Book Value	$157.3M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$8.35
WACC	1.98

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.24
Inventory Turnover	4.44
Net Working Capital	$17.2M
Quick ratio	0.64
Working Capital	$37.4M
Working Capital Turnover	$18.08

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	2.4%
Dividend per share	$0
Dividend Yield	0%
Last Dividend	$0.17

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	-86.21%
1Y total return	26.2%
200-day SMA	3.4
3Y total return	-59.13%
50-day SMA	2.92
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-71.3%
All Time High	44.89
All Time High Change	-93.56%
All Time High Date	2015-02-24
All Time Low	0.25
All Time Low Change	1,056%
All Time Low Date	1991-01-30
ATR	0.13
Beta	0.56
Beta1y	1.07
Beta2y	0.73
Ch YTD	-6.47
High	2.94
High52	4.92
High52 Date	2025-09-08
High52ch	-41.2%
Low	2.88
Low52	2.3
Low52 Date	2025-05-08
Low52ch	25.65%
Ma50ch	-1.1%
Premarket Change Percent	1.38
Premarket Price	$2.94
Premarket Volume	106
Price vs 200-day SMA	-14.92%
RSI	49.37
RSI Monthly	37.72
RSI Weekly	43.54
Sharpe ratio	0.6x
Sortino ratio	1.22
Total Return	2.4%
Tr YTD	-6.47
Tr15y	-75.05%
Tr1m	-5.25%
Tr1w	1.05%
Tr3m	-4.62%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Operating Income	$-14.1M
Operating margin	-2.15

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	13,972,557%
Float Percent	74.44%
Shares Insiders	25.56%
Shares Institutions	33.8%
Shares Out	18,769,033
Shares Qo Q	4.96%
Shares Yo Y	-2.4%
Short Float	2.75%
Short Ratio	5.09
Short Shares	2.05

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-6.9M
Average Volume	44,923.85x
Bv Per Share	8.35
CAPEX	$-3.8M
Ch10y	-92.19
Ch15y	-88.63
Ch1m	-5.25
Ch1w	1.05
Ch1y	26.2
Ch20y	-88.15
Ch3m	-4.62
Ch3y	-65.31
Ch5y	-78.16
Ch6m	-21.25
Change	-0.34%
Change From Open	-1.03
Close	2.9
Days Gap	0.69
Depreciation Amortization	9,786,000
Dollar Volume	15,597.3
Earnings Date	2026-05-18
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$-14.1M
EBITDA	$-4.3M
EPS	$-0.31
F Score	4
FCF	$-5.2M
FCF EV Yield	-3.99x
FCF Per Share	$-0.28
Financing CF	-851,000
Fiscal Year End	January
Founded	1,946
Income Tax	$-1.6M
Investing CF	-1,303,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-03-19
Last Report Date	2026-01-31
Last Split Date	2005-06-28
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-03-25
Ma150	3.29
Ma150ch	-12.02%
Ma20	2.89
Ma20ch	0.1%
Net CF	-3,615,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-05-21
Open	2.92
Optionable	Yes
Position In Range	16.67
Post Close	2.89
Postmarket Change Percent	0.35
Postmarket Price	$2.9
Ppne	207,681,000
Pre Close	2.9
Price Date	2026-05-08
Ptbv Ratio	0.34
Relative Volume	0.12x
Revenue	653,812,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.26x
Share Based Comp	1,672,000
Tax By Revenue	-0.24x
Tr20y	-69.14%
Tr6m	-21.25%
Us State	North Carolina
Volume	5,397
Z Score	1.77

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Named kill scenarios are reviewed before any bullish rating can stand.

Moat score

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Business quality stays separate from stock attractiveness.

Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

Does CATO pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

CATO stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CATO?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+33.8%

Float: +74.4% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+25.6%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CATO momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

49.4

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-14.9%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.56

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.60

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

CATO vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
ABNB	Airbnb Inc.	84B	34.7x	6.6x	15.9%	+29.9%	+14.9%	Conserver
AMZN	Amazon.com Inc.	2.9T	32.6x	3.9x	13.5%	+12.1%	+44.5%	Réduire
BKNG	Booking Holdings Inc.	128.6B	21.8x	4.6x	57.9%	+37.4%	-19.6%	Acheter

Questions

About CATO

Hub-level FAQ points readers to the deeper analysis pages.

What is the current CATO stock rating?

The Cato Corporation is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full CATO analysis?

The full report lives at /stocks/CATO/analysis. The bare ticker page is a product hub that summarizes the latest read and sends readers into the relocated analysis tabs without making the analysis surface depend on the hub.

What fair-value range is used for CATO?

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