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CATO Financials CATO CORP

15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2026, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 2.6% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Operating margin has expanded, at -1.9% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • Operating income covered interest expense -110.1× in the latest year, up from -389.3× 5 years ago.
  • The company is unprofitable; at its current free-cash-flow burn it has roughly 3.2 years of cash runway.
Revenue & net income
-$47M $482M $1B $0 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-13% 14% 41% 0% 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$45M $22M $89M $0 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $47M $94M 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$86M $16M $117M $0 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2026 $654M -$6M 34.0% -1.9% -$5M $17M
2025 $650M -$18M 32.8% -4.1% -$28M $20M
2024 $708M -$24M 34.4% -2.5% -$12M $24M
2023 $759M $29000 32.9% -0.5% -$6M $20M
2022 $769M $37M 41.1% 5.1% $56M $20M
2021 $575M -$47M 24.7% -12.7% -$45M $18M
2020 $825M $36M 38.3% 5.2% $45M $12M
2019 $830M $30M 37.0% 4.0% $56M $25M
2018 $850M $9M 34.9% 1.9% $25M $78M
2017 $957M $47M 37.1% 0.0% $45M $50M
2016 $1.0B $67M 0.0% 0.0% $67M $67M
2015 $987M $61M 0.0% 0.0% $89M $70M
2014 $920M $54M 0.0% 0.0% $61M $94M
2013 $944M $62M 0.0% 0.0% $34M $31M
2012 $931M $65M 0.0% 0.0% $45M $35M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced CATO against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 2865.0 5729.9 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 0.1 0.2 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 11.8 23.6 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is CATO growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, CATO CORP's revenue has grown 2.6% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does CATO have?

As of FY2026, CATO CORP reported — of total debt against $17M of cash; operating income covered interest expense -110.1×.

What is CATO's profit margin?

In FY2026, gross margin was 34.0%, operating margin -1.9%, and net margin -0.9%.

What is CATO's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, CATO CORP traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 4386.7× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.