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The Cato Corporation CATO
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Quarterly report 2026-Q2
added 08-27-2026

The Cato Corporation Financial Ratios 2026-2009 | CATO

Brief overview of The Cato Corporation's valuation and returns

Current figures are compared with the company's own five-year history for 2018–2023.

Key multiples at the end of the period are EV/EBITDA 20.26x (median 7.07x), P/S 0.08x (median 0.16x), P/B 0.12x (median 0.23x). The current ratio basket stands about 47.7% below the five-year comparison base. Earnings and risk trends should explain the discount.

The latest available business-quality ratios are ROE -3.8%, ROA -1.4%, ROCE -8.1%. Losses and negative capital returns make ordinary P/E-like references unstable or inapplicable.

The cash return period is stable at 36.1 days initially and 31.2 days at the end.

Overall picture

The Cato Corporation's restrained price comes with modest current quality. Better efficiency is needed for revaluation.

Annual Financial Ratios The Cato Corporation

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009

P/E

 -8.7 -3.5 -4.8 5931.2 4.9 -8.1 10.6 12.0 34.5 14.6 14.8 20.6 14.6 11.9 12.3 12.2 - -

P/S

 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 - -

EPS

 -0.3 -1.0 -1.2 - 1.6 -2.0 1.5 1.2 0.3 1.7 2.4 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.2 2 1.5 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

 34.9 M 43.8 M 90.3 M 152 M 162 M 362 M 738 M 521 M 406 M 866 M 1.15 B 1.38 B 918 M 892 M 950 M 851 M -50.4 M -42.3 M

EBITDA per Share

 -0.14 -0.86 -0.41 0.38 2.43 -2.58 2.22 1.86 1.23 2.42 4.34 3.91 3.57 4.09 4.09 3.75 - -

EV/EBITDA

 -13.0 -2.6 -11.2 20.3 3.2 -5.9 7.0 7.6 7.1 9.9 7.8 10.4 6.9 6.0 6.5 6.0 -2.3 -

PEG

 0.09 0.03 0.03 -69.89 -0.06 0.17 0.56 0.04 -0.43 -0.52 1.09 1.47 -1.21 9.57 0.86 0.46 - -

P/B

 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.6 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.8 2.4 3.3 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 - -

P/CF

 -35.4 -3.2 239.4 12.9 3.0 -12.5 8.5 6.5 11.8 15.4 14.7 14.0 12.9 20.9 17.6 11.7 - -

ROE %

 -3.76 -11.13 -12.45 0.01 14.49 -19.26 11.34 9.61 2.62 12.30 16.20 15.91 13.88 17.87 17.67 17.72 15.06 -

ROA %

 -1.40 -3.99 -4.92 0.01 5.81 -8.03 5.24 6.12 1.65 7.79 10.41 9.95 9.10 11.58 11.76 11.05 - -

ROCE %

 -8.05 -16.25 -9.31 -1.58 15.33 -29.54 7.65 7.89 2.91 9.73 20.72 21.26 19.32 25.55 24.49 25.07 - -

Current Ratio

 - - - - - - 1.8 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.4 - -

DSO

 14.0 15.2 14.5 19.8 25.8 25.0 11.5 12.4 12.0 11.6 13.2 15.2 15.6 15.5 16.8 15.7 - -

DIO

 82.2 87.5 82.8 84.9 84.2 84.0 82.7 83.5 80.2 88.3 83.5 83.6 96.4 88.2 82.9 85.2 - -

DPO

 65.0 73.8 70.7 72.2 73.8 59.9 49.1 58.9 54.5 63.8 67.0 67.9 71.2 62.2 59.8 68.1 - -

Operating Cycle

 96.2 102.8 97.3 104.6 110.0 109.1 94.3 95.9 92.2 99.9 96.8 98.8 112.0 103.7 99.7 100.8 - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 31.2 29.0 26.6 32.5 36.1 49.1 45.2 37.0 37.7 36.1 29.8 30.9 40.7 41.5 39.9 32.8 - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios The Cato Corporation

2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q4 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

 0.35 0.47 - -0.28 0.35 0.17 - -0.79 0.01 0.54 - -0.3 0.06 0.22 - -0.21 -0.11 0.46 -0.37 0.39 0.62 0.92 -0.13 -0.15 -0.3 -1.19 -0.13 0.24 0.48 0.87 -0.62 0.16 0.26 0.94 -0.48 0.11 -0.03 0.85 0.42 0.3 0.57 1.29 0.33 0.3 0.56 1.11 0.13 0.22 0.56 1.04 0.27 0.17 0.51 1.05 0.35 0.16 0.59 1.09 - 0.21 0.61 1.04

EBITDA per Share

 0.43 0.59 - -0.3 0.43 0.32 - -0.74 0.09 0.42 - -0.4 0.26 0.46 - -0.31 0.31 0.72 - 0.29 1.02 1.25 - -0.43 -0.33 -1.46 - 0.42 0.75 1.24 - 0.28 0.48 1.27 - 0.2 0.11 1.23 - 0.34 0.87 2.06 - 0.56 1.11 1.95 - 0.46 1.1 1.89 - 0.42 0.99 1.88 - 0.42 1.16 1.99 - 0.18 0.19 -

ROE %

 10.47 8.46 2.88 -5.63 -2.49 -0.88 -2.89 -5.69 3.33 5.23 -0.34 -2.24 -0.37 3.02 1.07 -2.29 2.78 8.82 12.84 15.18 10.59 2.79 -15.58 -15.59 -12.37 -6.13 10.80 7.07 6.43 4.84 5.23 6.65 6.24 4.05 3.04 9.25 10.49 14.32 16.73 16.27 16.30 16.50 15.95 14.52 13.99 14.33 14.65 15.97 15.72 15.44 15.75 16.21 16.11 16.56 16.30 15.23 18.96 23.20 15.12 1.69 4.90 8.54

ROA %

 4.08 3.28 1.16 -2.39 1.06 -1.75 -2.50 -2.28 1.28 2.10 -0.20 -1.02 -0.18 1.19 0.36 -1.04 1.25 4.03 5.79 6.72 4.64 1.07 -6.72 -6.90 -5.37 -2.36 5.27 2.92 2.75 2.20 3.52 4.41 4.15 2.73 2.09 6.05 6.90 9.49 11.15 10.81 10.82 10.88 10.35 9.48 9.11 9.31 9.46 10.31 10.19 10.09 10.45 10.80 10.75 11.17 11.04 10.35 12.84 15.41 10.03 1.14 3.30 5.59

ROCE %

 7.12 5.80 0.43 -9.16 -4.61 -4.70 -6.79 -11.55 -0.88 2.34 -0.77 -4.65 1.50 5.08 2.18 3.25 13.90 21.60 16.93 11.73 6.51 -14.08 -23.17 -21.35 -11.96 -0.03 13.79 14.56 15.00 18.61 10.83 10.79 9.43 14.16 6.37 7.19 11.30 23.44 16.44 18.74 23.98 31.83 20.27 22.16 26.39 33.23 21.32 22.99 27.12 33.80 20.90 22.60 27.78 34.82 21.61 1.70 6.85 13.06 - - - -

DSO

 15.3 15.4 - 15.3 13.7 15.2 - 7.7 8.6 15.0 - 16.7 13.8 13.0 - 13.1 19.7 24.9 31.9 28.4 23.4 17.4 17.6 26.2 18.9 26.5 13.2 13.1 12.3 11.5 13.9 17.2 15.8 13.0 12.6 14.6 13.8 13.2 12.7 14.8 13.8 12.5 15.1 15.5 13.9 12.6 16.7 17.3 15.2 13.1 15.8 18.6 15.9 14.2 17.4 19.9 17.2 14.0 - 17.8 15.1 -

DIO

 72.1 87.2 - 83.5 84.6 86.8 - 47.5 42.4 86.5 - 82.6 77.4 81.8 - 86.0 84.6 73.0 - 71.0 61.9 73.9 - 72.0 72.5 132.3 - 82.3 73.9 78.0 - 80.7 74.7 81.3 - 85.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DPO

 59.2 72.2 - 69.0 72.2 74.6 - 37.3 36.4 72.6 - 74.0 67.2 67.4 - 68.8 68.5 62.1 - 72.0 60.7 55.6 - 53.8 44.3 86.9 - 52.6 47.0 50.0 - 54.7 50.6 55.9 - 59.7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

 - - - 98.9 98.3 104.2 - - - 97.4 - 99.3 91.2 94.8 - 99.1 104.2 98.0 31.9 99.5 85.3 91.2 17.6 98.2 91.4 158.8 13.2 95.4 86.2 89.5 13.9 97.9 90.5 94.3 12.6 100.3 13.8 13.2 12.7 14.8 13.8 12.5 15.1 15.5 13.9 12.6 16.7 17.3 15.2 13.1 15.8 18.6 15.9 14.2 17.4 19.9 17.2 14.0 - 17.8 15.1 -

Cash Conversion Cycle

 - - - 29.9 26.1 31.2 - - - 26.9 - 25.3 23.9 27.3 - 30.2 35.8 35.9 31.9 27.5 24.6 35.7 17.6 44.4 47.1 71.9 13.2 42.8 39.2 39.5 13.9 43.2 39.9 38.4 12.6 40.6 13.8 13.2 12.7 14.8 13.8 12.5 15.1 15.5 13.9 12.6 16.7 17.3 15.2 13.1 15.8 18.6 15.9 14.2 17.4 19.9 17.2 14.0 - 17.8 15.1 -

All numbers in USD currency

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