The CATO Corporation financials

CATO CIK 0000018255

Source: EDGAR filings · Built 2026-06-02T02:33:51Z

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Derived Metrics

Concept FY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020
Free Cash Flow -5.22M -27.62M -12.05M -6.06M 55.68M -44.67M
EBITDA -2.68M -16.55M -8.03M 7.50M 51.32M -58.13M
Working Capital 37.38M 34.95M 55.05M 74.72M 111.53M 108.62M
Net Debt 133.66M 125.62M 129.18M 154.76M 164.57M 189.23M
Gross Margin 33.99% 32.84% 34.42% 32.87% 41.10% 8.34%
Operating Margin -1.94% -4.06% -2.53% -0.47% 5.07% -12.66%
Net Margin -0.90% -2.78% -3.38% 0.00% 4.79% -8.26%
Return on Equity (ROE) -3.76% -11.13% -12.45% 0.01% 14.49% -19.26%
Return on Assets (ROA) -1.40% -3.99% -4.92% 0.01% 5.81% -8.03%
Current Ratio 1.24× 1.19× 1.29× 1.37× 1.46× 1.60×
Debt-to-Equity 0.96× 0.90× 0.80× 0.77× 0.73× 0.84×
Effective Tax Rate 21.21% -12.06% -73.47% 98.36% 5.44% 34.78%
Cash Conversion Ratio 0.25× 1.09× -0.02× 461.03× 1.62× 0.65×
Accruals Ratio -0.01× 0.00× -0.05× -0.02× -0.04× -0.03×
SBC % of Revenue 0.26% 0.35% 0.59% 0.34% 0.53% 0.71%
CapEx Coverage -0.39× -2.51× 0.04× 0.69× 14.56× -2.20×
Free Cash Flow Per Share $-0.28 $-1.43 $-0.62 $-0.30 $2.64 $-1.98

Valuation Metrics

Concept FY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020
P/E Trailing (Diluted) 9.79×
P/FCF 6.12×
FCF Yield 16.33%
EV / EBITDA 47.51× 9.85×
P/S 0.09× 0.10× 0.19× 0.27× 0.44× 0.45×
P/B 0.36× 0.40× 0.69× 0.89× 1.34× 1.04×

Income Statement

Concept FY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020
Revenues 653.81M 649.81M 708.06M 759.26M 769.27M 575.11M
Cost of Goods and Services Sold 431.55M 436.44M 464.31M 509.66M 453.06M 433.19M
Gross Profit 47.97M
Selling, General and Administrative Expense 226.35M 231.43M 252.74M 242.56M 266.95M 206.49M
Operating Income (Loss) -12.66M -26.37M -17.90M -3.58M 38.97M -72.81M
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) -1.59M 1.94M 10.14M 1.74M 2.12M -25.32M
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent -5.91M -18.06M -23.94M 29.00K 36.84M -47.48M
Earnings Per Share, Basic $-0.31 $-0.97 $-1.17 $0.00 $1.65 $-2.01
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 18.79M 19.25M 19.39M 19.93M 21.11M 22.54M
Earnings Per Share, Diluted $-0.31 $-0.97 $-1.17 $0.00 $1.65 $-2.01
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 18.79M 19.25M 19.39M 19.93M 21.11M 22.54M

Balance Sheet

Concept FY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value 16.79M 20.28M 23.94M 20.00M 19.76M 17.51M
Assets, Current 193.27M 223.19M 243.06M 277.67M 355.67M 290.55M
Assets 421.42M 452.36M 486.82M 553.14M 633.77M 591.45M
Liabilities, Current 155.89M 188.24M 188.01M 202.96M 244.13M 181.93M
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent 157.31M 162.30M 192.32M 226.59M 254.20M 246.50M

Cash Flow Statement

Concept FY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities -1.46M -19.75M 477.00K 13.37M 59.79M -30.71M
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment 3.76M 7.87M 12.53M 19.43M 4.11M 13.96M
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities -1.30M 28.96M 19.78M 16.02M -25.33M 64.51M
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock 995.00K 3.88M 2.56M 15.22M 22.03M 19.65M
Payments of Dividends 0 10.52M 13.95M 14.37M 9.97M 7.91M
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities -851.00K -14.05M -16.13M -29.28M -31.80M -27.18M

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Methodology

All facts on this page come straight from SEC EDGAR XBRL company-facts filings (CATO CIK 0000018255), grouped by financial statement using FASB's base us-gaap presentation taxonomy. Filers may re-parent concepts onto different statements in their own extension taxonomy, so a handful of rows can show up under a different statement than on the actual 10-K / 10-Q; custom concepts and any we couldn't map fall into Other. Hover a cell to see the fully-qualified concept name and the filer's description.

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