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Cato Corporation (The)

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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Market cap: $47.0M
P/E: 0.0×
Fwd P/E: 0.0×
Dividend yield: 0.00%
F-score: 7/9
Altman Z: 1.76
Beneish M: −2.44
Dividend safety: n/a

Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

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Insider Ownership 17.74%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 47.00

Revenue 643.67

Net Income (5.59)

Free Cash Flow 1.63

Net Debt (96.44)

Current Ratio 1.36

Debt/Equity 0.00

P/E ratio 0.00

Fwd P/E 0.00

P/S ratio 0.07

P/B ratio 0.27

Past 5Y EPS Growth —

This Y EPS Growth —

Next Y EPS Growth —

Next Y revenue growth (100.00%)

Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.00%

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Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years

P/S against its own 10 years 0.48%

10-year low 10-year high

P/B against its own 10 years 0.29%

10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —

Annual Dividend Rate 0.00

Annual Dividend Yield 0.00%

	total	individual payouts
2024	0.51	0.17 0.17 0.17
2023	0.68	0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17
2022	0.68	0.17 0.17 0.17 0.17
2021	0.45	0.11 0.17 0.17
2020	0.33	0.33
2019	1.32	0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33
2018	1.32	0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33
2017	1.32	0.33 0.33 0.33 0.33
2016	1.29	0.30 0.33 0.33 0.33

special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

	2024	2025	2026	Q'26
Cash	107	81	76	96
Receivables	30	25	25	20
Inventory	99	111	84	82
Other	—	—	—	—
	243	223	193	208

	2024	2025	2026	Q'26
Payables	88	89	65	74
ST’ Debt	—	—	—	—
Other	—	—	—	—
	188	188	156	153

Compound Annual Growth %

	10y	5y	3y
Sales	(4.27%)	2.60%	(4.86%)
Cash Flow	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Earnings	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Book Value	(9.19%)	(8.59%)	(11.45%)

Revenue $m

	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Year
’26	171	166	—	—	—
’26	170	177	155	152	654
’25	177	169	146	158	650
’24	192	183	158	175	708
’23	207	197	177	179	759
’22	213	208	172	176	769
’21	101	168	151	155	575

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Year
’26	8	14	—	—	—
’26	4	12	(12)	(5)	(1)
’25	6	3	(22)	(6)	(20)
’24	10	12	(10)	(11)	0
’23	(1)	18	2	(6)	13
’22	45	37	(3)	(20)	60
’21	(71)	23	22	(5)	(31)

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Year
’26	7	13	—	—	—
’26	3	10	(13)	(6)	(5)
’25	2	2	(24)	(8)	(28)
’24	4	9	(12)	(13)	(12)
’23	(5)	12	(2)	(11)	(6)
’22	44	37	(3)	(22)	56
’21	(77)	19	21	(7)	(45)

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

	Apr	Jul	Oct	Jan	Year
’26	0.47	0.06	—	—	—
’26	0.17	0.35	(0.28)	(0.55)	(0.31)
’25	0.54	0.00	(0.79)	(0.74)	(0.97)
’24	0.22	0.06	(0.30)	(1.14)	(1.17)
’23	0.46	(0.11)	(0.21)	(0.14)	0.00
’22	0.92	0.62	0.39	(0.30)	1.65
’21	(1.19)	(0.30)	(0.15)	(0.31)	(1.96)

Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Group	Line	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027e
Price, $
Price, $	Low	12.20	10.76	11.85	6.07	8.93	8.40	6.54	3.02	2.19	2.29	Analyst estimates 2027–2029 Powerpack
	High	31.35	26.88	19.73	17.98	19.89	18.00	10.67	7.37	4.92	3.78
People
People	Employees	10,200	10,500	10,350	10,060	7,400	7,500	7,600	7,300	7,000	6,700
	Revenue/emp, $m	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.10	0.10	0.10	0.09	0.10
Income, $m
Income, $m	Revenue	957	850	830	825	575	769	759	708	650	654
	Gross margin, %	37.07	34.93	37.02	38.34	24.68	41.10	32.87	34.42	32.84	33.99
	EBT	49	16	33	43	(73)	39	2	(14)	(16)	(7)
	EBT margin, %	5.13	1.88	3.98	5.24	(12.66)	5.07	0.23	(1.95)	(2.48)	(1.15)
	Net income	47	9	30	36	(47)	37	0	(24)	(18)	(6)
	Depreciation	23	20	16	15	15	12	11	10	10	10
Per share, $
Per share, $	Revenue	35.64	34.13	34.58	34.77	25.52	36.43	38.09	36.52	33.76	34.80
	Earnings	1.72	0.34	1.23	1.46	(1.96)	1.65	0.00	(1.17)	(0.97)	(0.31)
	Cash flow	2.69	1.45	2.51	2.25	(1.36)	2.83	0.67	0.02	(1.03)	(0.08)
	Capex	(1.02)	(0.45)	(0.18)	(0.35)	(0.62)	(0.19)	(0.97)	(0.65)	(0.41)	(0.20)
	Free cash flow	1.67	1.00	2.33	1.90	(1.98)	2.64	(0.30)	(0.62)	(1.43)	(0.28)
	Book value	14.30	13.10	13.20	13.33	10.94	12.04	11.37	9.92	8.43	8.37
	Shares, m	27	25	24	24	23	21	20	19	19	19
Valuation, ×
Valuation, ×	P/E	15.11	38.32	12.07	10.99	0.00	10.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	P/S	0.71	0.35	0.43	0.46	0.43	0.45	0.26	0.19	0.10	0.09
	P/B	1.78	0.91	1.12	1.20	1.00	1.37	0.87	0.68	0.40	0.36
	EV/Sales	0.45	0.11	0.18	0.20	0.17	0.23	0.09	0.03	(0.02)	(0.03)
	EV/FCF	9.58	3.83	2.60	3.65	(2.20)	3.22	(10.83)	(2.00)	0.58	3.68
Cash, $m
Cash, $m	Operating cash flow	72	36	60	53	(31)	60	13	0	(20)	(1)
	Capex	(27)	(11)	(4)	(8)	(14)	(4)	(19)	(13)	(8)	(4)
	Free cash flow	45	25	56	45	(45)	56	(6)	(12)	(28)	(5)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m	Working capital	272	233	230	163	109	112	75	55	35	37
	Total debt	—	—	—	210	207	184	175	—	—	—
	Net debt	(252)	(201)	(211)	(216)	(148)	(170)	(132)	(107)	(81)	(76)
	Shareholders’ equity	384	326	317	317	246	254	227	192	162	157
Returns, %
Returns, %	ROA	7.41	1.49	5.84	5.85	(7.11)	5.70	0.01	(4.35)	(3.96)	(1.35)
	ROIC	20.04	5.46	16.65	23.14	(50.21)	27.28	(2.69)	(13.81)	(21.30)	(10.86)
	ROE	11.61	2.36	9.20	10.93	(16.12)	13.94	0.02	(10.79)	(10.49)	(3.70)

Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

Company	Market cap	P/E	Fwd P/E	Revenue growth (Q)	EPS growth (Q)	FCF growth (Q)	Gross margin (Q)	EBIT margin (Q)	Compare
TLYS Tilly's, Inc.	$143.8M	65.7×	— (loss-making)	+8.10% (above 0%: growing)	+154.55% (above 0%: growing)	+55.77% (above 0%: growing)	35.53%	5.00%	Compare
AKA a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp.	$111.9M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−0.28% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+146.22% (above 0%: growing)	61.13%	0.73%	Compare
RENT Rent the Runway, Inc.	$61.1M	0.1×	— (loss-making)	+20.77% (above 0%: growing)	n/m	+75.44% (above 0%: growing)	36.13%	(7.98%)	Compare
JEM 707 Cayman Holdings Limited	$51.6M	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Compare
CATO Cato Corporation (The)	$47.0M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−6.24% (below 0%: shrinking)	−82.86% (below 0%: shrinking)	+26.04% (above 0%: growing)	33.43%	(0.59%)
BRIA BrilliA Inc	$41.0M	—	—	—	—	+91.95% (above 0%: growing)	—	—	Compare
LVLU Lulu's Fashion Lounge Holdings, Inc.	$40.9M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−16.82% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	+107.63% (above 0%: growing)	48.60%	(1.83%)	Compare
BIRD Smartbird, Inc.	$27.9M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−93.05% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	−46.59% (below 0%: shrinking)	0.00%	(387.78%)	Compare
DXLG Destination XL Group, Inc.	$24.4M	— (loss-making)	— (loss-making)	−3.42% (below 0%: shrinking)	n/m	−13.87% (below 0%: shrinking)	47.88%	1.74%	Compare
Median of peers	$46.3M	—	—	−1.85%	—	+75.44%	42.01%	(0.55%)

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Cato Corporation (The) (CATO) key facts

Strength: Cato Corporation (The)’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $653.8 million, up 0.62% from fiscal 2025.
Cato Corporation (The) (CATO) is an Apparel Retail company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
As of October 16, 2026, CATO traded at $2.35, a market capitalization of $47.0 million.
Cato Corporation (The) does not currently pay a dividend.
Return on equity was −3.70% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.76 (distress zone) for fiscal 2026.