The Cato Corporation
General ticker "CATO" information:
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Industry: Apparel - Retail
- Capitalization: $63.5M (TTM average)
The Cato Corporation does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -5.4%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 4.5%: low 3.11$, high 3.41$
Factors to consider:
- Total employees count: 6700 (-4.3%) as of 2026
- Top business risk factors: Supply chain disruptions, Trade policy changes, Geopolitical risks, Vendor failures, Cybersecurity threats
- Price in estimated range
- Earnings for 3 months up through Q1 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2026-01-31 to 2028-01-31
- 2026-01-31 to 2027-01-31 estimated range: [2.90$, 5.99$]
- 2027-01-31 to 2028-01-31 estimated range: [3.17$, 6.40$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CATO estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of -10.5 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Negative: negative Operating cash flow
- Positive: -3.72 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of -1.38
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0 <= 0.01
- Positive: 0.02 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 3.51
- Positive: -5.34 < Operating profit margin, % of -2.12
- Positive: 19.19 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 37.33 <= 42.57
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -3.21 <= -0.75
- Positive: 5.50 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 8.34
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -1.71 <= -0.15
Short-term CATO quotes
Long-term CATO plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $708.06MM | $649.81MM | $653.81MM |
| Operating Expenses | $725.12MM | $676.90MM | $668.00MM |
| Operating Income | $-17.06MM | $-27.09MM | $-14.19MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $3.25MM | $10.98MM | $6.69MM |
| Interest Expense | $0.04MM | $0.06MM | $0.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $-13.80MM | $-16.11MM | $-7.50MM |
| Taxes | $10.14MM | $1.94MM | $-1.59MM |
| Net Income(Loss)* | $-22.59MM | $-18.61MM | $-5.91MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $192.32MM | $162.30MM | $157.31MM |
| Inventory | $98.60MM | $110.74MM | $83.70MM |
| Assets | $486.82MM | $452.36MM | $421.42MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $0.48MM | $-19.75MM | $-1.46MM |
| Capital expenditure | $12.53MM | $7.87MM | $3.76MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $19.78MM | $28.96MM | $-1.30MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-16.13MM | $-14.05MM | $-0.85MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $-1.17 | $-0.97 | $-0.31 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.