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Cato Corporation

Cato Corporation

CATO · NYSE · Consumer Cyclical / Apparel Retail

2.24USD-0.03 (-1.32%)

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Market Stats

Previous Close2.27
Open2.25
Day Range2.22 – 2.29
52-Week Range2.30 – 4.67
Volume68.80K
Market Cap48.78M
P/E (TTM)0.00
Forward P/E17.15
EPS-0.29
Dividend Yield0.00%
Beta0.55
50-Day Avg2.96
200-Day Avg3.06

About

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 and layaway plans for customers. The Cato Corporation was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Company Details

  • SectorConsumer Cyclical
  • IndustryApparel Retail
  • CEOMr. John P. Derham Cato
  • Employees6.70K
  • Headquarters8100 Denmark Road, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28273-5975, USA
  • Websitehttps://www.catofashions.com

Leadership

  • Mr. John P. Derham CatoChairman, President & CEO · b. 1950
  • Mr. Charles D. KnightExecutive VP & CFO · b. 1965
  • Mr. Gordon D. SmithExecutive VP and Chief Real Estate & Store Development Officer · b. 1956
  • J. Gregory FaganVP & General Counsel
  • Mr. Stephen HeadleySenior Vice President of Sourcing & MDSE Support
  • Mr. Jeffrey R. ShockSenior VP & Controller
  • Mr. Stevens M. StaesSecretary
  • Ms. Christin J. ReischeAssistant Secretary

Financials

Income Statement

Currency: USD1987-01-311988-01-311989-01-311990-01-311991-01-311992-01-311993-01-311994-01-311995-01-311996-01-311997-01-311998-01-311999-01-312000-01-312001-01-312002-01-312003-01-312004-01-312005-01-312006-01-312007-01-312008-01-312009-01-312010-01-312011-01-312012-01-312013-01-312014-01-312015-01-312016-01-312017-01-312018-01-312019-01-312020-01-312021-01-312022-01-312023-01-312024-01-312025-01-312026-01-31
Total Revenue185.70M207.90M223.20M246.20M230.30M265.10M331.30M407.90M463.70M476.60M477.00M496.90M524.40M585.09M648.48M685.65M748.33M747.27M789.60M836.38M875.88M846.44M857.72M884.00M925.53M931.46M944.05M920.03M986.91M1.01B956.57M849.98M829.66M825.34M575.11M769.27M759.26M708.06M649.81M653.81M
Growth (%)-+11.95%+7.36%+10.30%-6.46%+15.11%+24.97%+23.12%+13.68%+2.78%+0.08%+4.17%+5.53%+11.57%+10.84%+5.73%+9.14%-0.14%+5.67%+5.92%+4.72%-3.36%+1.33%+3.06%+4.70%+0.64%+1.35%-2.54%+7.27%+2.45%-5.39%-11.14%-2.39%-0.52%-30.32%+33.76%-1.30%-6.74%-8.23%+0.62%
Cost of Revenue109.00M134.70M154.60M172.10M160.10M180.60M220.70M274.40M324.00M340.80M344.70M354.50M370.90M403.47M445.28M466.37M496.35M508.40M549.31M567.23M593.65M594.52M584.63M573.85M587.53M596.00M604.42M593.07M622.60M639.44M624.70M572.70M539.00M524.39M447.87M465.42M520.74M474.18M446.26M441.54M
Gross Profit76.70M73.20M68.60M74.10M70.20M84.50M110.60M133.50M139.70M135.80M132.30M142.40M153.50M181.62M203.20M219.29M251.99M238.87M240.29M269.15M282.23M251.92M273.09M310.15M338.00M335.46M339.63M326.96M364.32M371.65M331.87M277.28M290.67M300.94M127.24M303.85M238.52M233.88M203.55M212.28M
Gross Margin41.30%35.21%30.73%30.10%30.48%31.87%33.38%32.73%30.13%28.49%27.74%28.66%29.27%31.04%31.33%31.98%33.67%31.97%30.43%32.18%32.22%29.76%31.84%35.09%36.52%36.01%35.98%35.54%36.91%36.76%34.69%32.62%35.03%36.46%22.12%39.50%31.41%33.03%31.32%32.47%
Operating Expense59.00M69.10M83.10M89.30M79.30M74.80M89.10M107.00M123.20M130.80M130.10M132.20M135.80M149.57M163.77M172.97M199.42M192.90M187.62M203.16M212.16M210.89M227.65M245.48M251.12M238.98M244.33M243.22M273.99M273.80M276.06M258.61M260.96M263.63M192.79M266.05M241.68M250.93M230.64M226.46M
Operating Income17.70M4.10M-14.50M-15.20M-9.10M9.70M21.50M26.50M16.50M5.00M2.20M10.20M17.70M32.05M39.43M46.32M52.57M45.97M52.67M66.00M70.08M41.02M45.45M64.67M86.88M96.47M95.31M83.74M90.33M97.85M55.81M18.67M29.70M37.32M-65.55M37.80M-3.16M-17.06M-27.09M-14.19M
Operating Margin9.53%1.97%-6.50%-6.17%-3.95%3.66%6.49%6.50%3.56%1.05%0.46%2.05%3.38%5.48%6.08%6.76%7.02%6.15%6.67%7.89%8.00%4.85%5.30%7.32%9.39%10.36%10.10%9.10%9.15%9.68%5.83%2.20%3.58%4.52%-11.40%4.91%-0.42%-2.41%-4.17%-2.17%
EBITDA20.20M7.30M-10.00M-10.70M-4.20M14.00M25.60M32.70M23.60M13.10M10.70M17.95M25.50M40.88M49.05M57.37M67.55M64.08M75.81M90.83M100.61M71.45M75.23M90.81M112.67M122.10M121.43M106.11M113.50M122.09M71.83M35.62M49.51M58.72M-57.94M51.39M12.94M-3.90M-6.24M2.49M
EBITDA Margin10.88%3.51%-4.48%-4.35%-1.82%5.28%7.73%8.02%5.09%2.75%2.24%3.61%4.86%6.99%7.56%8.37%9.03%8.57%9.60%10.86%11.49%8.44%8.77%10.27%12.17%13.11%12.86%11.53%11.50%12.08%7.51%4.19%5.97%7.11%-10.07%6.68%1.70%-0.55%-0.96%0.38%
Net Income8.50M700.00K-4.80M-5.30M-10.00M9.50M18.40M24.80M18.10M12.00M7.00M17.40M23.90M33.93M39.03M43.09M45.83M31.39M34.84M44.83M51.45M32.32M33.63M45.77M56.77M63.82M60.77M53.44M59.32M65.44M46.26M8.37M29.60M34.62M-45.39M34.91M41.00K-22.59M-18.61M-5.91M
Net Income Margin4.58%0.34%-2.15%-2.15%-4.34%3.58%5.55%6.08%3.90%2.52%1.47%3.50%4.56%5.80%6.02%6.28%6.12%4.20%4.41%5.36%5.87%3.82%3.92%5.18%6.13%6.85%6.44%5.81%6.01%6.47%4.84%0.98%3.57%4.19%-7.89%4.54%0.01%-3.19%-2.86%-0.90%
R&D--------------------------0000000-------
R&D as % of Total Revenue--------------------------0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%-------
Interest Expense00000000400.00K300.00K300.00K0200.00K0001.30M0717.00K183.00K41.00K9.00K53.00K66.00K37.00K21.00K116.00K75.00K57.00K264.00K176.00K114.00K96.00K29.00K187.00K72.00K87.00K35.00K59.00K115.00K
Interest Expense % of Total Revenue0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.09%0.06%0.06%0.00%0.04%0.00%0.00%0.00%0.17%0.00%0.09%0.02%0.00%0.00%0.01%0.01%0.00%0.00%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.03%0.02%0.01%0.01%0.00%0.03%0.01%0.01%0.00%0.01%0.02%

Balance Sheet

Currency: USD1987-01-311988-01-311989-01-311990-01-311991-01-311992-01-311993-01-311994-01-311995-01-311996-01-311997-01-311998-01-311999-01-312000-01-312001-01-312002-01-312003-01-312004-01-312005-01-312006-01-312007-01-312008-01-312009-01-312010-01-312011-01-312012-01-312013-01-312014-01-312015-01-312016-01-312017-01-312018-01-312019-01-312020-01-312021-01-312022-01-312023-01-312024-01-312025-01-312026-01-31
Total Assets89.50M102.60M103.70M97.00M83.40M94.90M122.20M178.60M201.30M209.90M218.20M241.40M258.50M285.79M310.74M332.04M383.41M351.57M394.13M406.64M432.32M420.79M435.35M480.99M522.09M551.09M532.65M596.92M608.28M642.34M606.32M516.08M499.01M684.98M591.45M633.77M553.14M486.82M452.36M421.42M
Total Liabilities54.30M59.80M66.90M66.70M63.40M64.40M44.00M51.10M59.80M60.20M66.30M83.90M86.30M97.01M102.98M97.34M113.25M157.46M182.96M166.69M155.53M173.42M173.54M189.68M196.53M184.41M187.41M205.81M228.08M229.68M222.42M189.72M182.17M368.46M344.95M379.57M326.55M294.50M290.06M264.11M
Total Equity35.20M42.80M36.80M30.30M20.00M30.50M78.20M127.50M141.50M149.70M151.90M157.50M172.20M188.78M207.76M234.70M270.16M194.11M211.18M239.95M276.79M247.37M261.81M291.31M325.56M366.68M345.23M391.11M380.20M412.67M383.90M326.35M316.84M316.51M246.50M254.20M226.59M192.32M162.30M157.31M
Cash18.10M4.30M4.10M5.10M3.00M16.60M25.90M22.00M24.00M26.20M16.60M41.60M44.10M30.39M25.20M41.77M32.06M23.86M18.64M21.73M24.83M21.58M42.26M50.38M48.63M34.89M31.07M79.43M93.95M67.06M47.23M78.05M24.60M11.82M17.51M19.76M20.00M23.94M20.28M19.46M
Total Debt25.00M34.00M35.50M39.10M30.90M24.90M-----------27.50M22.00M-----35.32M37.58M-------210.33M206.74M184.33M174.77M153.12M145.90M150.45M
Net Debt6.90M29.70M31.40M34.00M27.90M8.30M-25.90M-22.00M-24.00M-26.20M-16.60M-41.60M-44.10M-30.39M-25.20M-41.77M-32.06M3.64M3.36M-21.73M-24.83M-21.58M-42.26M-50.38M-48.63M-34.89M-31.07M-79.43M-93.95M-67.06M-47.23M-78.05M-24.60M198.51M189.23M164.57M154.76M129.18M125.62M130.99M

Cash Flow

Currency: USD1990-01-311991-01-311992-01-311993-01-311994-01-311995-01-311996-01-311997-01-311998-01-311999-01-312000-01-312001-01-312002-01-312003-01-312004-01-312005-01-312006-01-312007-01-312008-01-312009-01-312010-01-312011-01-312012-01-312013-01-312014-01-312015-01-312016-01-312017-01-312018-01-312019-01-312020-01-312021-01-312022-01-312023-01-312024-01-312025-01-312026-01-31
Operating Cash Flow3.20M6.20M22.90M17.10M6.50M33.40M14.90M15.60M38.90M40.90M44.52M44.09M47.06M63.73M65.75M79.85M70.94M58.70M74.16M71.57M84.69M79.48M81.34M80.35M92.96M117.46M93.85M72.13M35.99M60.24M53.40M-30.71M59.79M13.37M477.00K-19.75M-1.46M
Investing Cash Flow-4.60M-2.10M-2.00M-11.50M-34.70M-27.80M-8.30M-20.50M-1.80M-27.40M-42.01M-26.97M-10.37M-6.57M-66.33M-26.00M-40.02M-12.13M-29.29M-58.12M-55.66M-59.69M2.13M-32.93M-27.69M-81.77M-14.65M66.86M-71.14M-22.63M64.51M-25.33M16.02M19.78M28.96M-1.30M
Financing Cash Flow2.40M-6.20M-7.30M3.60M24.30M-3.60M-4.40M-4.70M-12.10M-11.00M-16.19M-22.31M-20.12M-11.94M-80.53M-18.74M-41.85M-15.58M-65.28M-21.60M-18.45M-25.57M-35.39M-86.31M-11.67M-75.25M-38.98M-77.31M-72.03M-45.16M-41.57M-27.18M-31.80M-29.28M-16.13M-14.05M-851.00K
Capital Expenditure4.30M1.80M1.60M7.60M17.20M25.50M9.40M8.40M7.40M13.50M23.96M27.23M25.68M28.95M20.55M25.30M28.51M27.55M18.33M19.44M9.96M19.56M35.89M45.17M31.54M28.90M26.53M27.30M11.10M4.35M8.31M13.96M4.11M19.43M12.53M7.87M3.76M
Free Cash Flow-1.10M4.40M21.30M9.50M-10.70M7.90M5.50M7.20M31.50M27.40M20.56M16.86M21.37M34.78M45.19M54.55M42.43M31.15M55.83M52.12M74.73M59.92M45.45M35.18M61.42M88.56M67.32M44.83M24.89M55.89M45.09M-44.67M55.68M-6.06M-12.05M-27.62M-5.22M
Dividends Paid1.20M300.00K-1.10M2.50M4.10M4.60M4.60M4.50M5.20M7.42M10.63M13.40M14.89M14.46M14.13M15.87M18.23M20.28M19.39M19.48M21.22M25.71M87.22M5.85M33.89M33.57M35.43M33.73M32.58M32.59M7.91M9.97M14.37M13.95M10.52M0
FCF to OCF-34.38%70.97%93.01%55.56%-164.62%23.65%36.91%46.15%80.98%66.99%46.17%38.24%45.42%54.57%68.74%68.31%59.81%53.07%75.28%72.83%88.24%75.39%55.88%43.78%66.07%75.39%71.73%62.16%69.17%92.77%84.44%145.44%93.13%-45.35%-2527.25%139.87%357.56%
Dividend Paid to FCF-109.09%6.82%-11.58%-23.36%51.90%83.64%63.89%14.29%18.98%36.08%63.06%62.70%42.82%32.01%25.91%37.39%58.51%36.32%37.20%26.07%35.41%56.58%247.96%9.53%38.26%49.87%79.03%135.51%58.29%72.28%-17.71%17.91%-236.99%-115.75%-38.08%0.00%

Earnings

Report DateApr 30, 1995Jul 31, 1995Oct 31, 1995Mar 19, 1996May 21, 1996Aug 20, 1996Nov 19, 1996Mar 18, 1997May 20, 1997Aug 19, 1997Nov 18, 1997Mar 17, 1998May 19, 1998Aug 18, 1998Nov 17, 1998Mar 16, 1999May 18, 1999Aug 17, 1999Nov 16, 1999Mar 14, 2000Apr 30, 2000Aug 15, 2000Nov 14, 2000Mar 20, 2001Apr 30, 2001Jul 31, 2001Oct 31, 2001Jan 31, 2002Apr 30, 2002Aug 20, 2002Nov 19, 2002Mar 18, 2003May 20, 2003Aug 18, 2003Nov 18, 2003Mar 16, 2004May 18, 2004Aug 17, 2004Nov 16, 2004Mar 15, 2005May 17, 2005Aug 16, 2005Nov 15, 2005Mar 14, 2006May 16, 2006Aug 15, 2006Nov 14, 2006Mar 22, 2007May 24, 2007Aug 23, 2007Nov 29, 2007Mar 20, 2008May 22, 2008Aug 21, 2008Nov 20, 2008Mar 19, 2009May 20, 2009Aug 20, 2009Nov 24, 2009Mar 18, 2010May 20, 2010Aug 19, 2010Nov 18, 2010Mar 17, 2011May 19, 2011Aug 18, 2011Nov 17, 2011Mar 15, 2012May 17, 2012Aug 16, 2012Nov 15, 2012Mar 21, 2013May 23, 2013Aug 22, 2013Nov 21, 2013Mar 20, 2014May 20, 2014Aug 21, 2014Nov 20, 2014Mar 19, 2015May 21, 2015Aug 20, 2015Nov 19, 2015Mar 17, 2016May 19, 2016Aug 18, 2016Nov 17, 2016Mar 16, 2017May 18, 2017Aug 17, 2017Nov 16, 2017Mar 22, 2018May 24, 2018Aug 23, 2018Nov 20, 2018Mar 21, 2019May 23, 2019Aug 22, 2019Nov 21, 2019Mar 19, 2020May 21, 2020Aug 20, 2020Nov 19, 2020Mar 18, 2021May 20, 2021Aug 19, 2021Nov 17, 2021Mar 17, 2022May 19, 2022Aug 18, 2022Nov 17, 2022Mar 16, 2023May 18, 2023Aug 17, 2023Nov 16, 2023Mar 27, 2024May 30, 2024Aug 15, 2024Nov 14, 2024Mar 19, 2025May 21, 2025Aug 22, 2025Nov 20, 2025Mar 19, 2026Apr 30, 2026Aug 20, 2026Nov 19, 2026
EPS Estimate---0.060.180.06-0.010.010.170.07-0.070.220.120.040.100.270.150.080.14-0.290.110.21-----0.310.130.250.440.190.090.170.550.250.060.250.570.310.110.350.640.380.170.360.590.360.10-0.070.470.420.010.110.620.540.090.220.900.560.200.311.010.590.180.321.070.570.150.281.030.480.140.131.040.520.160.271.090.570.260.341.250.540.26-0.520.800.110.26-0.600.870.300.07-0.020.870.300.07-0.130.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00---------0.000.000.00---
EPS Actual0.180.07-0.030.070.180.05-0.020.030.190.090.030.100.260.130.070.110.380.300.100.210.380.300.120.230.410.280.130.290.470.310.140.250.450.200.080.170.540.260.060.250.580.340.130.370.650.390.180.400.590.390.09-0.060.580.410.030.130.640.560.100.250.920.540.230.271.040.610.210.351.090.590.160.271.050.510.170.131.040.560.200.331.110.560.300.421.290.570.30-0.480.85-0.030.11-0.140.940.260.16-0.130.870.480.24-0.13-1.59-0.47-1.19-0.490.920.920.62-0.30-0.30-0.11-0.21-0.140.220.06-0.30-1.080.540.01-0.79-0.700.170.35-0.28-0.540.470.06-
Surprise---16.67%0.00%-16.67%-100.00%200.00%11.76%28.57%-42.86%18.18%8.33%75.00%10.00%40.74%100.00%25.00%50.00%-3.45%9.09%9.52%-----0.00%7.69%0.00%2.27%5.26%-11.11%0.00%-1.82%4.00%0.00%0.00%1.75%9.68%18.18%5.71%1.56%2.63%5.88%11.11%0.00%8.33%-10.00%14.29%23.40%-2.38%200.00%18.18%3.23%3.70%11.11%13.64%2.22%-3.57%15.00%-12.90%2.97%3.39%16.67%9.38%1.87%3.51%6.67%-3.57%1.94%6.25%21.43%0.00%0.00%7.69%25.00%22.22%1.83%-1.75%15.38%23.53%3.20%5.56%15.38%7.69%6.25%-127.27%-57.69%76.67%8.05%-13.33%128.57%-550.00%0.00%60.00%242.86%0.00%---------------------------
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Key Statistics & Ratios

Market Cap48.78M
Enterprise Value93.85M
Trailing P/E0.00
Forward P/E17.15
PEG Ratio1.17
Price / Sales0.08
Price / Book0.29
EPS-0.29
Book Value8.84
Revenue (TTM)643.67M
Gross Profit (TTM)215.26M
EBITDA-5.45M
Profit Margin-0.87%
Operating Margin-0.59%
Return on Equity-3.29%
Return on Assets-2.13%
Shares Outstanding18.15M
Shares Float14.70M
Beta0.55
Dividend Yield0.00%
Dividend Rate0.00
Payout Ratio0.00%

Ownership Breakdown

Institutions
32.40%
Insiders
13.90%
Retail / Other
53.70%

Top Institutional Holders

  • Aldebaran Capital LLC
    1.18M5.91%
  • Peapod Lane Capital LLC
    778.94K3.91%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC
    704.17K3.54%
  • Renaissance Technologies Corp
    548.35K2.75%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.
    468.53K2.35%
  • BlackRock Inc
    391.47K1.97%
  • Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership
    294.90K1.48%
  • Prescott Group Capital Management LLC
    224.77K1.13%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC
    154.38K0.78%
  • Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC
    146.50K0.74%
  • RBF LLC
    122.15K0.61%
  • Yacktman Asset Management Co
    105.44K0.53%
  • Marquette Asset Management Inc.
    103.33K0.52%
  • Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co
    82.34K0.41%
  • State Street Corp
    71.55K0.36%
  • UBS Group AG
    70.80K0.36%

Top Fund Holders

  • Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest
    535.41K2.69%
  • Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company
    79.00K0.40%
  • Fidelity Extended Market Index
    69.94K0.35%
  • DFA US Micro Cap I
    56.95K0.29%

Dividends

20243×
0.17Sep 16, 20240.17Jun 10, 20240.17Mar 25, 2024
20234×
0.17Dec 15, 20230.17Sep 8, 20230.17Jun 9, 20230.17Mar 20, 2023
20224×
0.17Dec 22, 20220.17Sep 9, 20220.17Jun 10, 20220.17Mar 21, 2022
20213×
0.17Dec 17, 20210.17Sep 10, 20210.11Jun 4, 2021
20201×
0.33Mar 6, 2020
20194×
0.33Dec 13, 20190.33Sep 13, 20190.33Jun 7, 20190.33Mar 8, 2019
20184×
0.33Dec 7, 20180.33Sep 14, 20180.33Jun 8, 20180.33Mar 9, 2018
20171×
0.33Dec 8, 2017

Stock Splits

  • Jun 28, 20053:2
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