Cato Corp
CATO NYSE· Retail-Women's Clothing Stores
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$2.33
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Cato Corp had $654M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 0.6% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +2.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −1.9%, up 2.1 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −2 is left after running the business.
- Cato Corp lost $5.9M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was −$5.2M in fiscal 2025, −0.8% of revenue.
- Cato Corp returned $1.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count fell 2.4%.
Market cap
$44.3M
P/E
—
Revenue
$654M
Net income
−$5.9M
Free cash flow
−$5.2M
Operating margin
−1.9%
Cato Corp in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+0.6%
Only a little. Sales grew 0.6% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−0.9%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
−0.8%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 8
Mixed. It passes 6 of 8 health tests.
How is the share priced?
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No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
What Cato Corp does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- January 31, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 25, 2026
- Legal name
- CATO CORP
- CIK
- 0000018255
Cato Corp · CATO
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $769M | $759M | $708M | $650M | $654M |
| Revenue growth | 33.8% | −1.3% | −6.7% | −8.2% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 41.1% | 32.9% | 34.4% | 32.8% | 34.0% |
| Operating margin | 5.1% | −0.5% | −2.5% | −4.1% | −1.9% |
| Net income | $36.8M | $0.0M | −$23.9M | −$18.1M | −$5.9M |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 0.0% | −3.4% | −2.8% | −0.9% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.65 | $0.00 | −$1.17 | −$0.97 | −$0.31 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $59.8M | $13.4M | $0.5M | −$19.7M | −$1.5M |
| Capital expenditure | $4.1M | $19.4M | $12.5M | $7.9M | $3.8M |
| Free cash flow | $55.7M | −$6.1M | −$12.1M | −$27.6M | −$5.2M |
| FCF margin | 7.2% | −0.8% | −1.7% | −4.3% | −0.8% |
| Dividends paid | $10.0M | $14.4M | $14.0M | $10.5M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $22.0M | $15.2M | $2.6M | $3.9M | $1.0M |
| Share count change | −6.3% | −5.6% | −2.7% | −0.7% | −2.4% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $166M | $129M | $103M | $77.7M | $73.6M |
| Shareholders' equity | $254M | $227M | $192M | $162M | $157M |
| Current ratio | 1.5x | 1.4x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.2x |
| Interest coverage | 541.2x | −41.1x | −511.4x | −446.9x | −110.1x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | 14.7% | 0.0% | −11.4% | −10.2% | −3.7% |
| Return on tangible equity | 13.7% | 0.0% | −11.7% | −11.5% | −3.8% |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cato Corp · CATO
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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At $2.33 a share, the company is worth $44.3M.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000018255). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.