Cato Corporation (The)
CATO Consumer Cyclical Apparel Retail
Cato Corporation (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $653.8 million, up 0.62% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue fell 6.24%, EPS fell 82.9% and free cash flow grew 26.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for three consecutive years.
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Cato Corporation (The) (CATO) P/E ratio
Cato Corporation (The) has no meaningful P/E ratio: its trailing twelve-month earnings is negative. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (October 2026) to 111× (July 2021) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years.
P/E ratio, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | P/E ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 0.0× | — |
| FY2025 | 0.0× | — |
| FY2024 | 0.0× | — |
| FY2023 | 0.0× | — |
| FY2022 | 10.1× | — |
| FY2021 | 0.0× | — |
| FY2020 | 11.0× | (9.00%) |
| FY2019 | 12.1× | (68.50%) |
| FY2018 | 38.3× | 153.57% |
| FY2017 | 15.1× | (9.61%) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | P/E ratio | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 0.0× | — |
| Apr 2026 | 0.0× | — |
| Jan 2026 | 0.0× | — |
| Oct 2025 | 0.0× | — |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
P/E ratio against peers
| Company | P/E ratio |
|---|---|
| DXLG Destination XL Group, Inc. compare | n/m |
| AKA a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. compare | n/m |
| CATO Cato Corporation (The) | n/m |
| LVLU Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc. compare | n/m |
| BIRD Smartbird, Inc. compare | n/m |
| RENT Rent the Runway, Inc. compare | 0.1× |
| TLYS Tilly's, Inc. compare | 65.7× |
| JEM 707 Cayman Holdings Limited compare | — |
| BRIA BrilliA Inc compare | — |
| Apparel Retail industry median | 13.4× |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 17.3× |
| Market median | 18.1× |
What P/E ratio is
Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.
Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)