The Cato Corporation (CATO)

NYSE: CATO · USD

$2.37

+0.02 (+0.8%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	45M
Revenue (ttm)	643.7M
Net income (ttm)	-5.5M
EPS (ttm)	-$0.29
Shares out	19M
Volume	26,790
Beta	0.56

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 643.7M
Net income (ttm): -5.5M
EPS (ttm): -$0.29
Market cap: 45M

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Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/En/a

P25 10.9P50 15.4P75 22.5

Trailing P/En/a

P25 12P50 17.7P75 28

ROE-3.3

P25 -15.1P50 6P75 18

ROIC-6.6

P25 -3.5P50 5.2P75 12.7

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000018255
Company name	The Cato Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	149205106
Earnings date	2026-11-19
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	6,700
Employees change	-300
Employees growth	-4.29%
Enterprise value	$89.9M
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-08-01
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	January
Founded	1946
Industry	Apparel Retail
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US1492051065
Last 10-K release date	2026-03-25
Last earnings date	2026-08-20
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2005-06-28
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$45M
Market cap category	Nano-Cap
Next earnings date	2026-11-19
Options	Yes
Price	$2.37
Price currency	USD
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
SIC code	5621
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	CATO
U.S. state	North Carolina
Website	https://www.catofashions.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Earnings yield	-12.4%
EV/FCF	55.07x
EV/Sales	0.14x
FCF / EV yield	1.82%
FCF yield	3.64%
Industry forward P/E	21.49x
Industry P/E	19.92x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	13.21x
P/B ratio	0.27x
P/FCF ratio	27.46x
P/OCF ratio	8.21x
P/S ratio	0.07x
Price / tangible book value	0.27x
Sector forward P/E	24.39x
Sector P/E	30.5x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	-2.27%
EBITDA margin	-0.85%
FCF margin	0.25%
Gross margin	33.44%
Operating margin	-2.27%
Pretax margin	-1.11%
Profit margin	-0.87%
Profit per employee	$-827
Profitable quarters	2
Revenue per employee	$96,070
ROA	-2.13%
ROA (5Y)	-0.93%
ROCE	-5.42%
ROE	-3.29%
ROE (5Y)	-2.12%
ROIC	-6.6%
ROIC (5Y)	-2.64%
SBC / revenue	0.32%
Tax / revenue	-0.24%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth (Q)	-83.34%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-87.73%
EPS growth years	2
FCF growth (Q)	26.04%
FCF growth (QoQ)	88.27%
FCF growth 3Y	52.97%
FCF growth 5Y	-55.6%
Gross profit growth	1.01%
Gross profit growth (Q)	-15.06%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-4.14%
Gross profit growth 5Y	-4.39%
Net income growth (Q)	-83.18%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-87.66%
Net income growth years	2
OCF growth (Q)	23.07%
OCF growth (QoQ)	80%
OCF growth 10Y	-24.73%
OCF growth 3Y	-32.87%
OCF growth 5Y	-44.09%
Revenue growth	-1.1%
Revenue growth (Q)	-6.24%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-3.27%
Revenue growth 10Y	-4.34%
Revenue growth 3Y	-4.13%
Revenue growth 5Y	-2.41%
Revenue growth years	1

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-3.8M
Depreciation and amortization	$9.2M
EBIT	$-14.6M
EBITDA	$-5.4M
EPS	$-0.29
FCF per share	$0.09
Financing cash flow	$-267,000
Free cash flow	$1.6M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$-432,000
Gross profit	$215.3M
Income taxes	$-1.6M
Investing cash flow	$-4.3M
Net cash flow	$890,000
Net income	$-5.5M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$3.4M
Operating income	$-14.6M
Revenue	$643.7M
Stock-based compensation	$2.1M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.83
Book value per share	$8.84
Debt / EBITDA	2.22
Debt / equity	0.83
Debt / FCF	85.31
Interest coverage	-127.2
Long-term assets	$215M
Long-term liabilities	$102.1M
Net cash (debt)	$-44.9M
Net cash / market cap	-100.53%
Net debt / equity	0.27
Net debt / FCF	27.61
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$194M
Shareholders' equity	$167.9M
Tangible book value	$167.9M
Tangible book value per share	$8.84
Total assets	$423.4M
Total cash	$93.8M
Total debt	$138.6M
Total liabilities	$255.5M
WACC	1.83%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.5
Current assets	$208.5M
Current liabilities	$153.5M
Current ratio	1.36
Inventory turnover	4.75
Net working capital	$9.1M
Quick ratio	0.74
Working capital	$55M
Working capital turnover	12.21

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	0.48%
Dividend growth (10Y)	-3.29%
Dividend growth (3Y)	34.42%
Dividend growth (5Y)	-12.42%
Dividend per share	$0.00
Dividend yield	0%
Last dividend	$0.17
Shareholder yield	0.48%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	-91.85%
10Y return CAGR	-17.77%
10Y total return	-85.87%
150-day SMA	$2.92
15Y price change	-91.56%
15Y return CAGR	-10.74%
15Y total return	-81.82%
1D price change	0.85%
1M price change	-2.86%
1M total return	-2.86%
1W price change	3.03%
1W total return	3.03%
1Y price change	-45.41%
1Y return CAGR	-45.44%
1Y total return	-45.41%
20-day SMA	$2.36
200-day SMA	$2.96
20Y price change	-89.57%
20Y return CAGR	-6.37%
20Y total return	-73.2%
3M price change	-25.86%
3M total return	-25.86%
3Y price change	-65.85%
3Y return CAGR	-27.22%
3Y total return	-61.46%
50-day SMA	$2.50
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$4.44
52-week high date	2025-10-28
52-week low	$2.28
52-week low date	2026-10-22
5Y price change	-86.19%
5Y return CAGR	-29.16%
5Y total return	-82.16%
6M price change	-15.9%
6M total return	-15.9%
All-time high	$44.89
All-time high date	2015-02-24
All-time low	$0.25
All-time low date	1991-01-30
Average true range (ATR)	$0.07
Average volume	40.9K
Beta (1Y)	1.32
Beta (2Y)	0.84
Beta (5Y)	0.56
Change from 52-week high	-46.62%
Change from 52-week low	3.95%
Change from all-time high	-94.7%
Change from all-time low	852%
Change from open	0%
Day's gap	0.85%
Dollar volume	$63,492
High price	$2.37
Low price	$2.37
Monthly RSI	35.83
Open price	$2.37
Premarket change	0%
Premarket close	$2.35
Premarket price	$2.35
Previous close	$2.35
Price vs 150-day SMA	-18.49%
Price vs 20-day SMA	0.72%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-19.65%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-4.8%
Relative volume	0.65
RSI	47.01
Sharpe ratio	-0.96
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	-0.29
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.45
Sortino ratio	-1.22
Sortino ratio (3Y)	-0.33
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.55
Volume	26.8K
Weekly RSI	36.42
YTD price change	-22.98%
YTD total return	-22.98%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	14.7M
Float percentage	77.43%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.97%
Shares change (YoY)	-0.48%
Shares held by insiders	22.57%
Shares held by institutions	32.1%
Shares outstanding	19M
Short % of float	2.48%
Short % of shares	1.92%
Short ratio	3.5 days

Deeper analysis on CATO

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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The Cato Corporation (CATO)

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