CATO
Cato CorporationNYSE
Consumer Cyclical • Apparel Retail
Factor tilt: Micro-Cap Value
$2.34+1.74%
Close Nov 6, 2026
- Market cap
- $44.81M
- 1 month
- -1.7%
- 3 months
- -29.5%
- 1 year
- -39.2%
- 52-week range
- $2.30$3.75
- Dividend, last 12 mo
- None in the last year
- Last ex-date
- Sep 16, 2024 · $0.17
- Short interest
- 2.8% of float409.5K shares · settled Oct 15, 2026 · +12.1% since Sep 30, 2026 · FINRA
Fundamentals · trailing 12 months to Jul 31, 2026
- Revenue
- $643.67M
- Net income
- -$5.59M
- Free cash flow
- $1.63M
- Book value
- $167.91M
- Total debt
- $138.63M
- P/E
- —
- Price / sales
- 0.1×
- Price / book
- 0.3×
- FCF yield
- +3.6%
- Net margin
- -0.9%
EODHD (TTM) · as of Nov 6, 2026
End-of-day close from stored market data, not a live quote.
About 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.
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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.
- Website
- catofashions.com
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, NC, United States
- Employees
- 6,700
- Listed
- Apr 23, 1987
- Fiscal year ends
- January
Company profile from EODHD, stored Nov 6, 2026.
Quarterly results
The last 8 fiscal quarters as reported (EODHD). Year over year compares the same quarter a year earlier.
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026filed Aug 27, 2026 | $165.5M | -6.2% | 32.1% | -$972.0K | $1.1M |
| Apr 2026filed May 28, 2026 | $171.1M | +0.5% | 36.5% | $8.6M | $9.3M |
| Jan 2026filed Mar 25, 2026 | $151.7M | -4.0% | 28.3% | -$13.8M | -$10.9M |
| Oct 2025filed Nov 25, 2025 | $155.4M | +6.3% | 31.2% | -$8.5M | -$5.2M |
| Jul 2025filed Aug 28, 2025 | $176.5M | +4.7% | 35.4% | $5.1M | $6.5M |
| Apr 2025filed May 29, 2025 | $170.2M | -3.9% | 34.3% | $3.0M | $3.1M |
| Jan 2025filed Mar 31, 2025 | $157.9M | -9.7% | 27.4% | -$15.3M | -$14.1M |
| Oct 2024filed Nov 26, 2024 | $146.2M | -7.6% | 27.7% | -$17.4M | -$15.3M |
Fiscal years · last 6
| Fiscal year | Revenue | YoY | Gross margin | Op. income | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026filed Mar 25, 2026 | $653.8M | +0.6% | 32.5% | -$14.2M | -$5.9M |
| Jan 2025filed Mar 31, 2025 | $649.8M | -8.2% | 31.3% | -$27.1M | -$18.6M |
| Jan 2024filed Mar 27, 2024 | $708.1M | -6.7% | 33.0% | -$17.1M | -$22.6M |
| Jan 2023filed Mar 23, 2023 | $759.3M | -1.3% | 31.4% | -$3.2M | $41.0K |
| Jan 2022filed Mar 23, 2022 | $769.3M | +33.8% | 39.5% | $37.8M | $34.9M |
| Jan 2021filed Mar 29, 2021 | $575.1M | -30.3% | 22.1% | -$65.5M | -$45.4M |
Short-interest history
FINRA reports open short positions for a settlement date. The publication date is later. These are reported positions, with a separate date for each observation.
Compare the reported short exposure around the dates you bought, sold or watched CATO. A long position benefits from price rises; a short position benefits from falls. A change in these counts does not predict either move.
Settlement Oct 15, 2026
409,527 shares short
+44,237 shares (+12.1%) vs Sep 30, 2026
2.8% of the stored float. Published Oct 26, 2026.
Settlement Sep 30, 2026
365,290 shares short
-7,485 shares (-2%) vs Sep 15, 2026
2.5% of the stored float. Published Oct 9, 2026.
Settlement Sep 15, 2026
372,775 shares short
+650 shares (+0.2%) vs Aug 31, 2026
2.7% of the stored float. Published Sep 24, 2026.
Settlement Aug 31, 2026
372,125 shares short
-26,087 shares (-6.6%) vs Aug 14, 2026
2.7% of the stored float. Published Sep 10, 2026.
Settlement Aug 14, 2026
398,212 shares short
-7,094 shares (-1.8%) vs Jul 31, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Aug 25, 2026.
Settlement Jul 31, 2026
405,306 shares short
-6,002 shares (-1.5%) vs Jul 15, 2026
Share of float unavailable. Published Aug 11, 2026.
Change = this settlement’s shares short − the previous recorded settlement’s shares short; percentage change divides by that earlier count. A zero earlier count has no percentage change. Split-spanning counts are left uncompared. Float percentages use the stored settlement observation, not today’s float.
Source: stored FINRA equity short-interest records, up to six settlements from the last 240 days. FINRA data and reporting dates · How to read short interest
Dividends and stock splits
See the recorded cash amounts and dates behind CATO’s income, and the splits that change its share count. Dates below are stored event records, not confirmation of a payment to your account.
Cash-dividend records
The newest stored ex-date is Sep 16, 2024. These are historical records; a current dividend schedule is unavailable.
USD 0.17 per share
Ex-dividend date: Sep 16, 2024
Recorded pay date: Sep 30, 2024 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.17 per share
Ex-dividend date: Jun 10, 2024
Recorded pay date: Jun 24, 2024 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.17 per share
Ex-dividend date: Mar 25, 2024
Recorded pay date: Apr 1, 2024 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.17 per share
Ex-dividend date: Dec 15, 2023
Recorded pay date: Jan 2, 2024 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.17 per share
Ex-dividend date: Sep 8, 2023
Recorded pay date: Sep 25, 2023 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
USD 0.17 per share
Ex-dividend date: Jun 9, 2023
Recorded pay date: Jun 26, 2023 (past date)
Cash dividend · Polygon event record
Up to six Polygon cash-dividend events, including recorded ex-dates within the next 120 days. Amounts retain their recorded currency and decimal precision. Historical amounts are not restated to a common split basis, annualized, or converted to dollars.
For a long holding, compare the ex-date with when you held the shares and check the pay date against your broker’s cash history. Owning the stock today does not establish past entitlement. For a short holding, a dividend can create a payment obligation to the share lender.
Ex-dates and special dividend rules · Short-sale dividend obligations · Dividend data definitions
Split history
3 for 2 · forward split
Effective Jun 28, 2005
Each 2 pre-split shares become 3 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
3 for 2 · forward split
Effective Jun 29, 1993
Each 2 pre-split shares become 3 post-split shares.
Source: EODHD
Up to six stored split dates through Nov 7, 2026. Equivalent vendor ratios are combined; conflicting ratios are left out. This history may be incomplete.
A split changes the share count and per-share price basis; it does not by itself add investment value. Put your holding’s earlier and later share counts on the same basis before comparing them. This applies to both long shares and shares owed on a short position.
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Holder IQ: MEDIUM
12 smart-money holders: institutions with a high Holder IQ
Q2 2026, filed Sep 22, 2026
Smart-money 13F trend: unchanged (light)
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How we got this
The current context rule reads at most 50 nonduplicate issuer/share-class records filed in the last 90 days. It counts a bullish direction or purchase code P toward bullish, and a bearish direction or sale code S toward bearish. A side must exceed the opposite count by more than two to set its label; otherwise nonzero directional counts produce neutral. Calculation unavailable for this saved label: its counts, exact records, as-of time and rule version are not supplied here. Do not substitute the separate scored read’s different window or denominator.
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Largest 13-F holders · Q2 2026
43 filers reported a long position in CATO for Q2 2026. 13-F holdings are filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends.
The top 10 hold
84.3%
of the 5.8M shares 13-F filers reported
Moves vs Q1 2026
5 added2 trimmed
3 unchanged
Net shares held
-1.6%
across the 10 holders with a comparable Q1 2026 book
| Rank | Holder | Value | Shares | Shares vs Q1 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aldebaran Capital, LLC | $3.8M · 1.2M shares | 1.2M | -0.6% |
| 2 | Peapod Lane Capital LLC | $2.5M · 778.9K shares | 778.9K | +1.6% |
| 3 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | $2.3M · 711.7K shares | 711.7K | +1.1% |
| 4 | RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | $1.8M · 562K shares | 562K | +2.5% |
| 5 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | $1.5M · 468.5K shares | 468.5K | -21.7% |
| 6 | BlackRock, Inc. | $1.3M · 406.4K shares | 406.4K | +3.8% |
| 7 | ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | $955.5K · 294.9K shares | 294.9K | Unchanged |
| 8 | PRESCOTT GROUP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. | $728.2K · 224.8K shares | 224.8K | Unchanged |
| 9 | BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $504.8K · 155.8K shares | 155.8K | +6.3% |
| 10 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | $500.3K · 154.4K shares | 154.4K | Unchanged |
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Holders of more than 5% of CATO file with the SEC within days. A 13D holder may seek to influence the company; a 13G holder is passive. Each holder’s latest filing from the last three years.
| Filed | Holder | % of class |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | GROUP ONE TRADING LLC13G · passive · amended | 1.4%under 5% |
| Aug 20, 2026 | AGARWAL AMIT MOHAN13G · passive · amended | 3.79%under 5% |
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