CATO Corp
How the company evolved, year by year. Revenue and debt come from the annual reports — for most companies, the 10-K filings with the SEC since 2009; dividends from the payments themselves.
The bars are a balance on the closing date; the lines are what happened during the year. Revenue above equity is ordinary, not an anomaly — it means the company turns its capital over more than once a year.
Major managers that reported this stock in their latest 13F.
▼ -86.1% over 5Y.
today you would have $191.33▼ -80.9%
Dividends reinvested, splits accounted for. Past prices say what happened, not what will.
The last 17 closed years. Each multiple uses that year’s closing price and that year’s reported numbers — not today’s. The range is set by the annual reports on record.
| Indicator | Median | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year-end price | $2.45 | $3.09 | $3.90 | $7.14 | $9.33 | $17.16 | $9.59 | $17.40 | $14.27 | $15.92 | $30.08 | $36.82 | $42.18 | $31.80 | $27.43 | $24.20 | $27.41 | |
Companies of similar size in Consumer Cyclical, for comparison. The columns are the same ones above, in the same order.
| Stock | Price | P/E | P/B | Dividend yield | ROE | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GGRGogoro Inc. | $2.37 | — | 0.4x | — | -36.08% | $47.57M |
| PTLEPTL Ltd | $8.10 | — | 1.1x | — | -24.83% | $50.88M |
| SORAAsiaStrategy | $2.08 | 4.2x | 2.4x | — | 106.10% | $51.72M |
| KBSXFST Corp. | $1.02 | 8.5x |
The Cato Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a specialty retailer of fashion apparel and accessories primarily in the southeastern United States. It operates through two segments, Retail and Credit. The company's stores and e-commerce websites offer a range of apparel and accessories, including dressy, career, and casual sportswear; and dresses, coats, shoes, lingerie, costume jewelry, and handbags, as well as men's wear, and lines for kids and infants. It operates its stores and e-commerce websites under the Cato, Cato Fashions, Cato Plus, It's Fashion, It's Fashion Metro, and Versona names. It also provides credit card services and layaway plans for customers. The Cato Corporation was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Company description provided by Yahoo Finance.
| P/E |
| 13.4x |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 5.7x |
| — |
| 6.6x |
| 14.1x |
| 42.0x |
| 9.3x |
| 12.6x |
| 17.1x |
| 22.7x |
| 15.1x |
| 12.4x |
| 12.1x |
| 17.9x |
| P/S | 0.5x | 0.1x | 0.1x | 0.1x | 0.2x | 0.3x | 0.7x | 0.3x | 0.5x | 0.4x | 0.4x | 0.8x | 1.0x | 1.3x | 1.0x | 0.9x | 0.8x | — |
| P/B | 1.2x | 0.3x | 0.4x | 0.4x | 0.6x | 0.8x | 1.6x | 0.7x | 1.3x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 2.0x | 2.7x | 3.1x | 2.7x | 2.2x | 2.1x | — |
| EPS | -$0.31 | -$0.97 | -$1.17 | $0.00 | $1.65 | -$2.01 | $1.46 | $1.23 | $0.34 | $1.72 | $2.39 | $2.15 | $1.86 | $2.11 | $2.21 | $2.00 | $1.53 |
| Dividend yield | 4.29% | — | — | 13.08% | 9.52% | 7.29% | 2.62% | 3.44% | 7.59% | 9.25% | 8.29% | 4.29% | 3.26% | 2.84% | 0.63% | 10.86% | 3.62% | 2.63% |
| Payout | 54.89% | — | — | — | — | 41.21% | — | 22.60% | 107.32% | 388.24% | 76.74% | 53.97% | 55.81% | 64.52% | 9.48% | 134.84% | 43.75% | 47.06% |
| Profit margin | 4.79% | -0.90% | -2.78% | -3.38% | 0.00% | 4.79% | -8.26% | 4.35% | 3.67% | 1.00% | 4.94% | 6.61% | 6.13% | 5.90% | 6.53% | 6.96% | 6.36% | 5.09% |
| ROE | 12.30% | -3.76% | -11.13% | -12.45% | 0.01% | 14.49% | -19.26% | 11.34% | 9.61% | 2.62% | 12.30% | 16.20% | 15.91% | 13.89% | 17.86% | 17.68% | 17.62% | 15.06% |
Median, not average: a single year of near-zero profit produces a P/E of 400 and would drag an average on its own. P/E years above 200x are left out, the same cut the fair price uses — so this median matches the “its own history” method below. Price and EPS have no median: they are series that grow.
| 2.9x |
| — |
| 35.64% |
| $45.66M |
| CULPCULP Inc | $3.58 | — | 0.8x | — | -7.15% | $45.59M |
| STKSONE Group Hospitality, Inc. | $1.67 | — | — | — | -54.10% | $52.71M |