CATO CORP CATO

Consumer discretionary SIC 5621 - Retail-Women's Clothing Stores NAICS Retail Trade › Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers › Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers derived NYSE

Last close 2.33 2026-10-23
Market cap $44.3M estimated share count
52-week range 2.28 - 4.46

Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close

P/S0.1x
P/E—
P/FCF—
EV/EBITDA—
Dividend yield0.0%
Diluted EPS-0.31

Annual financial statements

Income statement

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue $646.8M$642.1M$700.3M$752.4M$761.4M$567.5M$816.2M$821.1M$842.0M$947.4M
Cost of revenue $431.6M$436.4M$464.3M$509.7M$453.1M$433.2M$508.9M$522.5M$553.1M$602.0M
Gross profit $215.3M$205.7M$236.0M$242.7M$308.3M$134.3M$307.3M$298.6M$288.9M$345.4M
SG&A $226.3M$231.4M$252.7M$242.6M$267.0M$206.5M$263.8M$262.5M$266.3M$289.6M
Total operating expenses $661.3M$665.9M$721.9M$757.5M$730.3M$647.9M$782.1M$796.6M$834.0M$907.5M
Operating income -$12.7M-$26.4M-$17.9M-$3.6M$39.0M-$72.8M$43.2M$33.1M$16.0M—
Interest expense $115.0K$59.0K$35.0K$87.0K$72.0K$187.0K$29.0K$96.0K$114.0K$176.0K
Pre-tax income -$7.5M-$16.1M-$13.8M$1.8M$39.0M-$72.8M$43.2M$33.1M$16.0M$49.1M
Income tax $1.6M$1.9M$10.1M$1.7M$2.1M$25.3M$7.3M$2.6M$7.4M$1.9M
Net income -$5.9M-$18.1M-$23.9M$29.0K$36.8M-$47.5M$35.9M$30.5M$8.5M$47.2M
EPS, basic -0.31-0.97-1.170.001.65-2.011.461.230.341.72
EPS, diluted -0.31-0.97-1.170.001.65-2.011.461.230.341.72
Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) 18.8M19.2M19.4M19.9M21.1M22.5M23.7M24.0M24.9M26.8M

Balance sheet

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash and equivalents $16.8M$20.3M$27.9M$23.8M$23.7M$21.0M$14.4M$25.2M$81.3M$81.3M
Short-term investments $56.9M$57.4M$79.0M$108.7M$146.0M$126.4M$200.4M$182.7M$118.8M$201.2M
Receivables $25.5M$24.5M$29.8M$26.5M$55.8M$52.7M$26.1M$28.1M$28.0M$30.3M
Inventory $83.7M$110.7M$98.6M$112.1M$124.9M$84.1M$115.4M$119.6M$121.5M$145.7M
Total current assets $193.3M$223.2M$243.1M$277.7M$355.7M$290.6M$362.8M$370.6M$372.5M$443.8M
Property, plant and equipment $53.7M$60.3M$64.0M$70.4M$63.1M$72.5M$88.7M$94.3M$109.4M$126.4M
Total assets $421.4M$452.4M$486.8M$553.1M$633.8M$591.5M$685.0M$497.9M$516.1M$606.3M
Accounts payable $65.0M$88.6M$87.8M$92.0M$109.5M$73.8M$68.4M$84.3M$82.6M$105.2M
Total current liabilities $155.9M$188.2M$188.0M$203.0M$244.1M$181.9M$199.3M$141.1M$139.1M$171.9M
Retained earnings $25.0M$31.9M$64.3M$104.7M$134.2M$129.3M$203.5M$210.5M$225.9M$288.0M
Total equity $157.3M$162.3M$192.3M$226.6M$254.2M$246.5M$316.5M$316.8M$326.4M$383.9M

Cash flow

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating cash flow -$1.5M-$19.7M$477.0K$13.4M$59.8M-$30.7M$53.4M$60.2M$36.0M$72.1M
Depreciation and amortisation $10.0M$9.8M$9.9M$11.1M$12.4M$14.7M$15.5M$16.5M$19.6M—
Stock-based compensation $1.7M$2.3M$4.2M$2.6M$4.1M$4.1M$4.7M$4.9M$4.2M$4.2M
Capital expenditure $3.8M$7.9M$12.5M$19.4M$4.1M$14.0M$8.3M$4.4M$11.1M$27.3M
Investing cash flow -$1.3M$29.0M$19.8M$16.0M-$25.3M$64.5M-$22.6M-$71.1M$67.7M-$15.4M
Financing cash flow -$851.0K-$14.1M-$16.1M-$29.3M-$31.8M-$27.2M-$41.6M-$45.2M-$72.0M-$77.3M
Dividends paid $0$10.5M$14.0M$14.4M$10.0M$7.9M$32.6M$32.6M$33.7M$35.4M
Buybacks $995.0K$3.9M$2.6M$15.2M$22.0M$19.7M$9.6M$13.3M$38.9M$42.6M

Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001206774-26-000206.

Plot the figures US dollars

Income statement Revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit R&D SG&A Total operating expenses Operating income Interest expense Pre-tax income Income tax Net income EPS, basic EPS, diluted Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.)
Balance sheet Cash and equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Inventory Total current assets Property, plant and equipment Goodwill Other intangibles Total assets Accounts payable Short-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt Total liabilities Retained earnings Total equity
Cash flow Operating cash flow Depreciation and amortisation Stock-based compensation Capital expenditure Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Dividends paid Buybacks
  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Net income
Revenue, Gross profit, Net income by fiscal year, in US dollars The same figures are in the table below this chart. -250M 0 250M 500M 750M 1B Revenue, FY2016: 947.4M Gross profit, FY2016: 345.4M Net income, FY2016: 47.2M Revenue, FY2017: 842M Gross profit, FY2017: 288.9M Net income, FY2017: 8.5M Revenue, FY2018: 821.1M Gross profit, FY2018: 298.6M Net income, FY2018: 30.5M Revenue, FY2019: 816.2M Gross profit, FY2019: 307.3M Net income, FY2019: 35.9M Revenue, FY2020: 567.5M Gross profit, FY2020: 134.3M Net income, FY2020: -47.5M Revenue, FY2021: 761.4M Gross profit, FY2021: 308.3M Net income, FY2021: 36.8M Revenue, FY2022: 752.4M Gross profit, FY2022: 242.7M Net income, FY2022: 29K Revenue, FY2023: 700.3M Gross profit, FY2023: 236M Net income, FY2023: -23.9M Revenue, FY2024: 642.1M Gross profit, FY2024: 205.7M Net income, FY2024: -18.1M Revenue, FY2025: 646.8M Gross profit, FY2025: 215.3M Net income, FY2025: -5.9M FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Fiscal year FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue $947.4M $842.0M $821.1M $816.2M $567.5M $761.4M $752.4M $700.3M $642.1M $646.8M
Gross profit $345.4M $288.9M $298.6M $307.3M $134.3M $308.3M $242.7M $236.0M $205.7M $215.3M
Net income $47.2M $8.5M $30.5M $35.9M -$47.5M $36.8M $29.0K -$23.9M -$18.1M -$5.9M

Recent filings and events

  • Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
  • Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Results announced Item 2.02
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  • Shareholder vote Item 5.07
  • Annual report filed Form 10-K
  • Results announced Item 2.02

Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.

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