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Cato Corp (CATO)

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SEC name CATO CORP · CIK 0000018255 · NYSE · Retail-Women's Clothing Stores

  • Sector Retail Trade
  • Incorporated DE
  • Fiscal year ends around Jan 30

For the year ended 2026-01-31, Cato Corp reported revenue of $653.81M. Revenue grew 0.6% from the prior annual period. Over the twelve months to 2026-08-01, revenue was $643.67M.

Key ratios (year ended 2026-01-31)

34.0%
Gross margin (computed)
-1.9%
Operating margin
-0.9%
Net margin
-3.8%
Return on year-end equity
0.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)

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Latest selected filing: Form 8-K (current report) · 2026-09-18

Headquarters locality: Charlotte · View on map

Annual financials

Annual flows and balances are grouped by their actual period end. Select a figure to open its SEC filing. n/a means a matching observation is unavailable. Free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, and EBITDA is operating income plus depreciation and amortization, for the same period, computed by TickerFacts.

The first column covers the twelve months to 2026-08-01 from the latest quarterly report: flows are the last fiscal year plus this year to date minus the same months a year earlier, and balances are as of that date. Per-share figures are annual only.

Period endedTTM to
2026-08-01		2026-01-312025-02-012024-02-032023-01-282022-01-292021-01-302020-02-012019-02-022018-02-032017-01-28
Revenue$643.67M$653.81M$649.81M$708.06M$759.26M$769.27M$575.11M$825.34M$829.66M$849.98M$956.57M
Cost of Revenue$427.29M$431.55M$436.44M$464.31M$509.66M$453.06M$433.19M$508.91M$522.53M$553.06M$601.99M
Gross Profit (computed)$216.38M$222.26M$213.37M$243.75M$249.60M$316.21M$141.92M$316.43M$307.13M$296.92M$354.58M
Operating Income-$13.29M-$12.66M-$26.37M-$17.90M-$3.58M$38.97M-$72.81M$43.21M$33.05M$15.97Mn/a
Depreciation & Amortization$9.38M$9.99M$9.82M$9.87M$11.08M$12.36M$14.68M$15.48M$16.46M$19.64M$22.72M
EBITDA-$3.91M-$2.68M-$16.55M-$8.03M$7.50M$51.32M-$58.12M$58.69M$49.51M$35.62Mn/a
Net Income-$5.59M-$5.91M-$18.06M-$23.94M$29.0K$36.84M-$47.48M$35.90M$30.46M$8.54M$47.21M
EPS (Diluted)n/a-$0.31-$0.97-$1.17$0.00$1.65-$2.01$1.46$1.23$0.34$1.72
Total Assets$423.44M$421.42M$452.36M$486.82M$553.14M$633.77M$591.45M$684.98M$497.91M$516.08M$606.32M
Shareholders' Equity$167.91M$157.31M$162.30M$192.32M$226.59M$254.20M$246.50M$316.51M$316.84M$326.35M$383.90M
Cash & Equivalents$35.12M$16.79M$20.28M$23.94M$20.00M$19.76M$17.51M$11.82M$24.60M$78.05M$49.62M
Operating Cash Flow$5.44M-$1.46M-$19.75M$477.0K$13.37M$59.79M-$30.71M$53.40M$60.24M$35.99M$72.13M
Capital Expenditures$3.81M$3.76M$7.87M$12.53M$19.43M$4.11M$13.96M$8.31M$4.35M$11.10M$27.30M
Free Cash Flow$1.62M-$5.22M-$27.62M-$12.05M-$6.06M$55.68M-$44.67M$45.09M$55.89M$24.89M$44.83M
Share Repurchases$422.0K$995.0K$3.88M$2.56M$15.22M$22.03M$19.65M$9.61M$13.34M$38.88M$42.56M
Dividends Paidn/a$0$10.52M$13.95M$14.37M$9.97M$7.91M$32.59M$32.58M$33.73M$35.43M
Dividends Per Sharen/a$0.00$0.51$0.68$0.68$0.45$0.33$1.32$1.32$1.32$1.29
Weighted Average Diluted Sharesn/a18.79M19.25M19.39M19.93M21.11M22.54M23.74M24.00M24.91M26.84M
EPS (Basic)n/a-$0.31-$0.97-$1.17$0.00$1.65-$2.01$1.46$1.23$0.34$1.72

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