Cato (CATO)
Operates value-fashion banners and proprietary credit services across a predominantly Southeastern U.S. store network.
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Sells value-priced apparel, shoes, accessories, jewelry, and handbags through Cato, It’s Fashion, and Versona stores and e-commerce. Retail is paired with a proprietary credit operation, while the compact-store network is concentrated in the Southeast.
Private-label merchandise produced by outside vendors to company specifications is sold through Cato/Cato Fashions/Cato Plus, It’s Fashion/It’s Fashion Metro, and Versona. Retail combines the three banners and e-commerce; Credit authorizes proprietary-card transactions, processes payments, and conducts collections.
Most stores are in strip shopping centers, with Versona in lifestyle and power centers, across a primarily Southeastern footprint. Execution in its markets depends on fashion and value, store locations, service, merchandise presentation, merchandise demand, and inventory management. Store performance and closures, adverse weather, public-health and geopolitical conditions, competition, and financial-market conditions also shape the business.
Company facts
No analyst consensus on record.
EPSReportedEstimate
RevenueReportedEstimate
Balance sheet, Aug 1, 2026Cash & short-term investments $96.4M · Total debt $138.6M · Total assets $423.4M · Shareholders' equity $167.9M
- Revenue
- $165.5M
- Operating income
- −$972.0K
- Net income
- $1.1M
HistoryDividendAnnual yield
| Institutions | 29.61% | 5.85M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 | |||
| Insiders | 9.24% | 1.82M shares | |
| 7 holders · as of May 21, 2026 | |||
| Other | 61.15% | 12.07M shares | |
| remainder | |||
19.74M company shares as of Sep 23, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
Two share counts disagree (19.74M in the company's Sep 23, 2026 report, 18.20M elsewhere); stakes use the report.
This company has 2 share classes; every stake here is a share of the whole company.
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Amit AgarwalInsider | 8.11% | 1.60M | filed May 21, 2026 |
The Vanguard GroupInstitution | 6.29% | 1.24M | filed Feb 9, 2022 |
Aldebaran Capital, LLCInstitution | 5.93% | 1.17M A | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Peapod Lane Capital LLCInstitution | 3.95% | 778,940 A | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Vanguard Capital Management LLCInstitution | 3.61% | 711,699 A | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
Nothing filed in the last 12 months.
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Compare
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cato | $2.46 | −0.40% | $44.9M | — | — | 0.1 | −6.2% |
| Ross Stores | $233.98 | +0.63% | $74.58B | 28.1 | 27.6 | 3.0 | +13.3% |
| TJX Companies | $131.74 | +0.71% | $144.50B | 24.2 | 24.4 | 2.3 | +5.4% |
| Burlington Stores | $256.68 | −0.07% | $16.17B | 23.1 | 21.3 | 1.3 | +10.9% |
| Citi Trends | $52.07 | −3.63% | $450.1M | 65.9 | 25.6 | 0.5 | +11.0% |
| Buckle | $41.91 | +0.37% | $2.15B | 9.6 | 10.3 | 1.6 | +4.6% |
| Median | 24.2 | 24.4 | 1.6 | +10.9% |