The Cato Corporation CATO
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2.31 USD -0.07 -2.94%
At close · Oct 30
2.31 0.00 0.00%
After hours · Oct 30, 4:00 PM ET
2.30 Day range 2.36
2.30 52-week range 3.95
- YTD
- -25.24%
- 1 year
- -37.23%
- Open
- 2.31
- Prev close
- 2.38
- Mkt cap
- 46.00M
- Vol
- 45.03K
- Avg vol
- 102.47K
- EPS
- -0.31
- P/E
- 0.00
- Div yield
- 11.18%
More statistics
- Low
- 2.30
- High
- 2.36
- Forward P/E
- 2.92
- Beta
- 1.11
- Short ratio
- 5.27
- Inst. own
- 43.13%
- Dividend
- 0.68
- Ex-div date
- Sep 15, 2024
- 50-d avg
- 4.94
- 200-d avg
- 5.17
- 1y target
- 0.00
2Y chart
Events in this range
- Nov 21, 2024Earnings: -0.79; estimate 0; surprise —%
Signals (116)
| Name | Date | Ago |
|---|---|---|
| MACD: Buy Signal | Sep 18, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Sep 9, 2026 | 1 month ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 20, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 20, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Aug 20, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 18, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Aug 18, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 17, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 12, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 11, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Aug 7, 2026 | 2 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jul 31, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 28, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 28, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 27, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 27, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jul 23, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jul 22, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 20, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 17, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 16, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 13, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jul 13, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jul 10, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 9, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 6, 2026 | 3 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jul 2, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jun 10, 2026 | 4 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 22, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | May 21, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| RSI: Overbought | May 21, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | May 15, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 5, 2026 | 5 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | May 4, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | May 4, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Apr 27, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 23, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 22, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Apr 21, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Apr 20, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 17, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 16, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 10, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Apr 7, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Apr 6, 2026 | 6 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Mar 17, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 6, 2026 | 7 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 5, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Feb 17, 2026 | 8 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 28, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 28, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jan 28, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 26, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 23, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 23, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 22, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 22, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 21, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jan 20, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 9, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jan 9, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jan 6, 2026 | 9 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jan 2, 2026 | 10 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Dec 31, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Dec 30, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Dec 29, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Dec 26, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Dec 22, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Dec 17, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 15, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Dec 10, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Dec 8, 2025 | 10 months ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Nov 28, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Nov 25, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Nov 24, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Nov 21, 2025 | 11 months ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 28, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Oct 28, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Oct 27, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 22, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 21, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Oct 20, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Oct 16, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Sep 17, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 21, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 21, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Aug 21, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| RSI: Overbought | Aug 21, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Aug 6, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Aug 5, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Jul 31, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jul 29, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jul 23, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jul 15, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jul 9, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jun 23, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Jun 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Jun 10, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Jun 3, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 27, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | May 22, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | May 19, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Apr 29, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Apr 3, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Apr 1, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 26, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Mar 25, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Mar 21, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Mar 14, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Mar 4, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Feb 24, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bearish | Feb 12, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| SMA: Bullish | Feb 11, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Buy Signal | Feb 7, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| MACD: Sell Signal | Feb 4, 2025 | 1 year ago |
| RSI: Oversold | Nov 21, 2024 | 1 year ago |
Key statistics
- Market cap
- 78.04M
- Enterprise value
- 136.17M
- Trailing P/E
- 0.00
- Forward P/E
- 2.92
- PEG ratio
- 0.00
- Price / sales
- 0.11
- Price / book
- 0.38
- EPS (TTM)
- -1.39
- Beta
- 1.11
- Dividend yield
- 11.18%
- Payout ratio
- 33057.85%
- Profit margin
- -2.71%
- Revenue (TTM)
- 678.87M
- Revenue growth
- -7.80%
- Free cash flow
- -23.41M
- Total cash
- 104.67M
- Total debt
- 123.44M
- Return on equity
- -8.76%
- Shares outstanding
- 18.77M
- Short % of float
- 3.01%
- 50-day average
- 4.94
- 200-day average
- 5.17
Analyst view
Consensus: none
Price target (mean) 0.00
Next earnings
Consensus EPS estimate 0.00.
Financials — quick view
CATO Revenue — quarterly 165.50M
CATO Net income — quarterly 1.15M
CATO EPS — quarterly 0.06
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | 0.00 | -0.79 | — | — |
| Aug 22, 2024 | Jul 1, 2024 | 0.00 | 0.01 | — | — |
| May 23, 2024 | Apr 1, 2024 | 0.00 | 0.54 | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Jan 1, 2024 | 0.00 | -1.14 | — | — |
| Nov 16, 2023 | Oct 1, 2023 | 0.00 | -0.30 | — | — |
| Aug 17, 2023 | Jul 1, 2023 | 0.00 | 0.06 | — | — |
About The Cato Corporation
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 to its customers, as well as layaway plans for customers. The Cato Corporation was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Apparel Retail
- Country
- United States
- Website
- catofashions.com
News
- Cato (NYSE:CATO) and O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ:ORLY) Head-To-Head Analysis
- Cato Tumbles 31% in Three Months: Should You Buy the Dip or Wait?
- Cato (NYSE:CATO) & BARK (NYSE:BARK) Head to Head Survey
- 12 Consumer Discretionary Stocks Moving In Tuesday's Pre-Market Session
- Cato Corporation To Close ~70 Additional Underperforming Stores In Q3 And Q4; Brings FY26 Total Planned Stores Closures To ~120; Sees $1M-$1.3M In Associated Costs
- CATO ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL THIRD AND FOURTH QUARTER STORE CLOSINGS
- Cato vs Lulus: Which Apparel Retailer Has More Upside Potential?
- Cato's Q2 Earnings Down Y/Y on Lower Consumer Spending
- 12 Consumer Discretionary Stocks Moving In Thursday's Intraday Session
- Cato Q2 EPS $0.06 Down From $0.35 YoY, Sales $165.501M Down From $176.509M YoY
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY GEORGE | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Apr 30, 2024 | 12,691 |
| DAVIES PAMELA LEWIS | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | May 30, 2024 | 26,438 |
| DREW THERESA J | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | May 30, 2024 | 22,809 |
| HENSON THOMAS B | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | May 30, 2024 | 41,094 |
| KENNEDY BRYAN F III | Director | Stock Award(Grant) | May 30, 2024 | 37,302 |
| KNIGHT CHARLES D | Chief Financial Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Apr 30, 2024 | 51,168 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldebaran Capital, LLC | 5.98% | 1,123,131 | 4.27M | Sep 29, 2024 |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 4.93% | 926,185 | 3.52M | Sep 29, 2024 |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 4.50% | 844,899 | 3.21M | Sep 29, 2024 |
| Renaissance Technologies, LLC | 3.09% | 579,202 | 2.20M | Sep 29, 2024 |
| Acuitas Investments LLC | 2.71% | 508,455 | 1.93M | Sep 29, 2024 |
| Blackrock Inc. | 2.48% | 465,349 | 1.77M | Sep 29, 2024 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 2.94% | 552,767 | 2.10M | Sep 29, 2024 |
| Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund | 1.36% | 255,761 | 971.89K | Sep 29, 2024 |
| DFA U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio | 1.30% | 244,894 | 930.60K | Jul 30, 2024 |
| DFA U.S. Micro Cap Series | 0.85% | 158,869 | 603.70K | Jul 30, 2024 |
| Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF | 0.49% | 92,061 | 349.83K | Sep 29, 2024 |
| WisdomTree Tr-WisdomTree Small Cap Dividend Fd | 0.49% | 91,376 | 347.23K | Sep 29, 2024 |