Price
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Social Signal Score
Revenue
$165.50M-20.91%Analyst Estimates
Consensus estimates, not results. Via Financial Modeling Prep.
Company Profile
- CEO
- John Derham Cato
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Apparel - Retail
- Employees
- 6,700
- Beta
- 0.55
- Country
- US
- Piotroski score
- 4 / 9 (Middling)
- Altman Z-score
- 1.82
Financials
Revenue
$165.50M-20.9%Net Income
$1.15M-85.8%EBITDA
$1.27M-86.0%Free Cash Flow
$13.14MEPS (diluted)
$0.06-80.0%Shares Outstanding (diluted)
19.15M-30.4%Operating Expenses
$54.05MCash & Debt
$96.44MReturn of Capital
$111.0KRevenue by Segment (annual)
$22.43MDividend per Share
$0.17Quote
Valuation & Ratios
Returns & Efficiency
Revenue & Net Income (Annual)
| Fiscal Year | Revenue | Net Income | EPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $653.81M | $-5.91M | $-0.31 |
| 2024 | $649.81M | $-18.61M | $-0.97 |
| 2023 | $708.06M | $-22.59M | $-1.17 |
| 2022 | $759.26M | $41.0K | $0.00 |
| 2021 | $769.27M | $34.91M | $1.65 |
| 2020 | $575.11M | $-45.39M | $-2.11 |
| 2019 | $825.34M | $34.62M | $1.46 |
| 2018 | $829.66M | $29.60M | $1.27 |
| 2017 | $849.98M | $8.37M | $0.34 |
| 2016 | $956.57M | $46.26M | $1.72 |
| 2015 | $1.01B | $65.44M | $2.39 |
| 2014 | $986.91M | $59.32M | $2.15 |
| 2013 | $920.03M | $53.44M | $1.86 |
| 2012 | $944.05M | $60.77M | $2.11 |
Valuation
CATOhas no positive reported earnings per share, so an earnings-multiple projection can't be built for it. Companies are valued on other measures at this stage — revenue growth, cash burn, or book value — none of which this calculator models.
Signal Score (90d)
75-19.64%Social Signal Score
Mentions (5)
- Newsprnewswire.com·18d ago·Negative
CATO ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER STORE CLOSINGS CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cato Corporation (NYSE: CATO) today announced that they plan to close approximately 70 additional underperforming stores in the third and fourth quarters bringing total planned stores closures to approximately 120 stores in fiscal 2026.
View source ↗ - Newszacks.com·31d ago·Positive
Cato vs Lulus: Which Apparel Retailer Has More Upside Potential? The U.S. Retail – Apparel and Shoes industry is seeing selective growth, supported by resilient consumer spending, rising demand for performance footwear, comfort-driven styles, denim and other functional categories. Product innovation, premiumization and growing health and fitness awareness are supporting technical footwear and athleisure, while digital and direct-to-consumer expansion is widening customer reach.
View source ↗ - Newszacks.com·40d ago·Negative
Cato's Q2 Earnings Down Y/Y on Lower Consumer Spending CATO's Q2 earnings per share and sales decline year over year as weaker consumer spending, lower merchandise margins and occupancy-cost deleverage weigh on results.
View source ↗ - Newsprnewswire.com·47d ago·Negative
CATO REPORTS 2Q RESULTS CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cato Corporation (NYSE: CATO) today reported net income of $1.1 million or $0.06 per diluted share for the second quarter ended August 1, 2026, compared to net income of $6.8 million or $0.35 per diluted share for the second quarter ended August 2, 2025.
View source ↗ - Newsdefenseworld.net·55d ago·Neutral
Cato (NYSE:CATO) Shares Cross Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average – Here’s What Happened Shares of Cato Corporation (The) (NYSE: CATO - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday. The stock has a 200-day moving average of $3.11 and traded as high as $3.35. Cato shares last traded at $3.27, with a volume of 61,565 shares traded. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades Separately, Weiss
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Earnings
Thu, Nov 19(in 6 weeks)
Estimates and results for CATO via Financial Modeling Prep. Beating consensus says the company cleared the bar analysts set, not that the business grew.
Insider trading
Open-market buys and sells by CATO officers and directors.
- Bought
- $81k
- Sold
- $21k
2 trades
2 trades
- Patrick Bailey Wsold
- Patrick Bailey Wsold
- Cato John P Dbought
- Patrick Bailey Wbought
96 further Form 4 entries are share awards, option exercises or shares withheld for tax. Those are compensation, not trades, so they are excluded above. Buying is the stronger signal: an insider spends their own money for one reason. Selling has many innocent explanations — tax, diversifying, a house — so it says far less than it appears to. Via SEC filings.
Congress trades
- Greg Gianfortehouse · MT00 · disclosed Jan 23, 2019 (33d later)Sell$1,001 - $15,000
Self-reported filings, amounts as brackets. Via Senate/House disclosures.