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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.

2.35 0.01 −0.42%
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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 (at or below 0.5: strong)
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%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.00%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is −0.1×, against a ten-year median of 0.1×; over the ten years it ranged from −0.1× in 2026 to 0.8× in 2016.
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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
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

Cato Corporation (The) vs peers in Apparel Retail (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

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.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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