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CATO CORP
CATO
$61M
Mkt Cap
$3.21
-1.83%
CATO CORP (CATO) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of -0.4%. This is below average and may indicate limited pricing power.
CATO CORP (CATO) has a market capitalization of $58M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, CATO CORP (CATO) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 6.01%. The company also returns capital through share buybacks, with a buyback yield of 4.57%.
CATO CORP (CATO) operates in the Retail-Women'S Clothing Stores industry, within the Consumer Cyclical sector.
CATO CORP (CATO) reported annual revenue of $654 million in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
CATO CORP (CATO) has a net profit margin of -0.9%. The company is currently unprofitable.
CATO CORP (CATO) generated $-5 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
our business, results of operations, financial condition and market share. retailers, many of which have substantially greater financial, marketing and other resources than we have. competitors are expanding into markets in which we have a significant market presence. In addition, our operations and financial condition. Fluctuations in the price, availability and quality of inventory have and may continue to result in higher cost of goods, which the Company may not be able to pass on to its customers. The price and availability of raw materials may be impacted by demand, regulation, tariffs, merchandise costs to the Company. Due to the Company’s limited flexibility in price point, the effect on our margins, results of operations and financial condition. Our inability to effectively manage inventory has impacted and may continue to negatively impact our gross margin and our overall results of operations.
| Metric | TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 651M | 654M | 650M | 708M | 759M | 769M |
| Net Income | -19M | -5.9M | -19M | -23M | - | 35M |
| EPS | $-1.00 | $-0.31 | $-0.97 | $-1.17 | $0.00 | $1.65 |
| Free Cash Flow | -18M | -5.2M | -28M | -12M | -6.1M | 56M |
| ROIC | 0.0% | -3.7% | -10.5% | -10.8% | - | 23.2% |
| Gross Margin | - | 34.0% | 32.8% | 34.4% | 32.9% | 41.1% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.00 | 1.68 | 1.79 | 1.53 | 1.44 | 1.49 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.19 | $0.00 | $0.51 | $0.68 | $0.68 | $0.45 |
| Operating Income | 0 | -13M | -26M | -18M | -3.6M | 39M |
| Operating Margin | 0.0% | -1.9% | -4.1% | -2.5% | -0.5% | 5.1% |
| ROE | -11.0% | -3.7% | -10.5% | -10.8% | - | 13.9% |
| Shares Outstanding | 18M | 19M | 19M | 19M | - | 21M |
| Metric | |||||||||||||
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 987M | 1.0B | 957M | 850M | 830M | 825M | 575M | 769M | 759M | 708M | 650M | 654M | 651M |
| Gross Margin | 39.1% | 39.0% | 37.1% | 34.9% | 37.0% | 38.3% | 24.7% | 41.1% | 32.9% | 34.4% | 32.8% | 34.0% | N/A |
| R&D | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| SG&A | 276M | 276M | 290M | 266M | 263M | 264M | 206M | 267M | 243M | 253M | 231M | 226M | 229M |
| EBIT | 90M | 98M | 48M | 16M | 33M | 43M | -73M | 39M | -3.6M | -18M | -26M | -13M | 0 |
| Op. Margin | 9.2% | 9.7% | 5.1% | 1.9% | 4.0% | 5.2% | -12.7% | 5.1% | -0.5% | -2.5% | -4.1% | -1.9% | 0.0% |
| Net Income | 59M | 65M | 46M | 8.4M | 30M | 35M | -45M | 35M | N/A | -23M | -19M | -5.9M | -19M |
| Net Margin | 6.0% | 6.5% | 4.8% | 1.0% | 3.6% | 4.2% | -7.9% | 4.5% | N/A | -3.2% | -2.9% | -0.9% | -2.9% |
| Non-Recurring | 961K | 1.7M | 12M | 5.6M | 459K | -691K | 13M | 272K | 3.2M | 1.7M | 594K | 870K | 870K |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 42.1% | 47.6% | 35.3% | 7.3% | 25.5% | 18.1% | -16.1% | 23.2% | N/A | -10.8% | -10.5% | -3.7% | 0.0% |
| ROE | 15.4% | 16.5% | 11.6% | 2.4% | 9.2% | 10.9% | -16.1% | 13.9% | N/A | -10.8% | -10.5% | -3.7% | -11.0% |
| ROA | 9.8% | 10.5% | 7.4% | 1.5% | 5.8% | 5.9% | -7.1% | 5.7% | N/A | -4.3% | -4.0% | -1.4% | -4.3% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 117M | 94M | 72M | 36M | 60M | 53M | -31M | 60M | 13M | 477K | -20M | -1.5M | -13M |
| Free Cash Flow | 89M | 67M | 45M | 25M | 56M | 45M | -45M | 56M | -6.1M | -12M | -28M | -5.2M | -18M |
| Owner Earnings | 92M | 67M | 45M | 12M | 39M | 33M | -49M | 43M | -316K | -14M | -32M | -13M | -274M |
| CapEx | 29M | 27M | 27M | 11M | 4.4M | 8.3M | 14M | 4.1M | 19M | 13M | 7.9M | 3.8M | 5.4M |
| Maint. CapEx | 22M | 23M | 23M | 20M | 16M | 15M | 15M | 12M | 11M | 9.9M | 9.8M | 10.0M | 259M |
| Growth CapEx | 6.9M | 3.6M | 4.6M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4M | 2.7M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 22M | 23M | 23M | 20M | 16M | 15M | 15M | 12M | 11M | 9.9M | 9.8M | 10.0M | 259M |
| CapEx/OCF | 24.6% | 28.3% | 37.8% | 30.8% | 7.2% | 15.6% | N/A | 6.9% | 145.3% | 2627.3% | N/A | N/A | 0.0% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 34M | 34M | 35M | 34M | 33M | 33M | 7.9M | 10.0M | 14M | 14M | 11M | 0 | 3.5M |
| Dividend Yield | 6.9% | 5.8% | 6.8% | 12.9% | 11.2% | 12.4% | 4.7% | 3.9% | N/A | 10.5% | 11.0% | N/A | 6.0% |
| Share Buybacks | 42M | 6.1M | 43M | 39M | 13M | 9.6M | 20M | 22M | 15M | 2.6M | 3.9M | 995K | 2.6M |
| Buyback Yield | 6.4% | 1.0% | 10.3% | 19.3% | 5.1% | 3.3% | 9.7% | 7.8% | 8.8% | 2.0% | 5.9% | 0.0% | 4.6% |
| Stock-Based Comp | 3.6M | 4.1M | 4.2M | 4.2M | 4.9M | 4.7M | 4.1M | 4.1M | 2.6M | 4.2M | 2.3M | 1.7M | 2.0M |
| Debt Repayment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -91M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 70M | 67M | 50M | 78M | 25M | 12M | 18M | 20M | 20M | 24M | 20M | 17M | 91M |
| Long-Term Debt | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Debt/Equity | 0.60 | 0.56 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 1.16 | 1.40 | 1.49 | 1.44 | 1.53 | 1.79 | 1.68 | 0.00 |
| Interest Coverage | 1585.1 | 371.2 | 274.6 | 140.1 | 344.3 | 1489.9 | -389.3 | 541.2 | -41.1 | -511.4 | -446.9 | -110.1 | -110.1 |
| Equity | 380M | 413M | 384M | 326M | 317M | 317M | 246M | 254M | 227M | 192M | 162M | 157M | 172M |
| Total Assets | 608M | 642M | 606M | 516M | 498M | 685M | 591M | 634M | 553M | 487M | 452M | 421M | 437M |
| Total Liabilities | 228M | 230M | 222M | 190M | 181M | 368M | 345M | 380M | 327M | 294M | 290M | 264M | 35M |
| Intangibles | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 |
| Retained Earnings | 293M | 321M | 288M | 226M | 211M | 203M | 129M | 134M | 105M | 64M | 32M | 25M | 41M |
| Working Capital | 261M | 293M | 272M | 233M | 230M | 163M | 109M | 112M | 75M | 55M | 35M | 37M | 50M |
| Current Assets | 454M | 472M | 444M | 372M | 371M | 363M | 291M | 356M | 278M | 243M | 223M | 193M | 226M |
| Current Liabilities | 194M | 179M | 172M | 139M | 141M | 199M | 182M | 244M | 203M | 188M | 188M | 156M | 175M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 2.15 | 2.39 | 1.72 | 0.34 | 1.23 | 1.46 | -2.01 | 1.65 | 0.00 | -1.17 | -0.97 | -0.31 | -1.00 |
| Owner EPS | 3.33 | 2.44 | 1.68 | 0.49 | 1.61 | 1.40 | -2.19 | 2.05 | N/A | -0.70 | -1.66 | -0.69 | -15.26 |
| Book Value | 13.78 | 15.07 | 14.28 | 13.26 | 13.17 | 13.35 | 10.92 | 12.02 | N/A | 9.96 | 8.46 | 8.25 | 9.59 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 4.26 | 3.43 | 2.68 | 1.46 | 2.50 | 2.25 | -1.36 | 2.83 | N/A | 0.02 | -1.03 | -0.08 | 13.37 |
| Dividends/Share | 1.20 | 1.20 | 1.29 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 0.33 | 0.45 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 0.19 |
| Shares Out. | 27.6M | 27.4M | 26.9M | 24.6M | 24.1M | 23.7M | 22.6M | 21.2M | N/A | 19.3M | 19.2M | 19.1M | 18.0M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 10.9 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 23.6 | 8.5 | 8.1 | N/A | 7.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | -3.2 |
| P/FCF | 7.3 | 8.8 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 4.5 | 6.2 | N/A | 4.8 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| EV/EBIT | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Price/Book | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | N/A | 0.3 |
| Price/Sales | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | N/A | 0.1 |
| FCF Yield | 13.4% | 11.1% | 10.8% | 12.3% | 21.5% | 15.6% | -22.1% | 19.7% | -3.5% | -9.4% | -41.7% | N/A | -31.9% |
| Market Cap | 662M | 607M | 414M | 202M | 260M | 290M | 202M | 282M | 173M | 129M | 66M | 0 | 58M |
| Avg. Price | 17.75 | 21.26 | 19.51 | 10.66 | 12.05 | 11.05 | 7.38 | 11.98 | 9.86 | 6.91 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 3.21 |
| Year-End Price | 23.54 | 21.69 | 15.09 | 8.04 | 10.51 | 11.78 | 8.55 | 12.64 | 8.42 | 6.29 | 3.56 | 0.00 | 3.21 |
CATO CORP passes 1 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
The company's 5-year average gross margin is 35.0%. Total shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) is 10.6%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -43.3%.
CATO CORP (CATO) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.68. This indicates higher leverage, which may increase financial risk.
CATO CORP (CATO) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.31 in its most recent fiscal year.
CATO CORP (CATO) has a return on equity (ROE) of -3.7%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
CATO CORP (CATO) has a 5-year average gross margin of 35.0%. This indicates decent pricing power.
The Ledger Terminal provides 17 years of financial data for CATO CORP (CATO), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
CATO CORP (CATO) has a book value per share of $8.25, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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