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CATO Cato Corporation
NYSE USD Consumer Cyclical
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As of 30 Oct 2026
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Market facts
- Market cap
- 47M
- P/E ratio
- Not available
- Analyst target
- 23
- Dividend yield
- Not available
- Beta
- 0.56
Profile
Instrument facts
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Apparel Retail
- ISIN
- Not available
- Market cap
- 47M
- P/E ratio
- Not available
- Analyst target
- 23
- Dividend yield
- Not available
- Beta
- 0.56
About
About Cato Corporation
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.
Research context
Cato Corporation appears in PyInvesting’s US Stock catalogue. The price history above describes this recorded instrument; it does not by itself identify a company’s business or establish a continuous investment return.
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Apparel Retail
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5 years, 6 months ago
The Cato Corporation is currently in a long term uptrend where the price is trading 40.7% above its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 99.5% cheaper than other stocks from the Consumer Cyclical sector with a price to sales ratio of 0.5.
The Cato Corporation's total revenue sank by 18.9% to $155M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 238.2% to $-8M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow fell by 628.2% to $-7M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, The Cato Corporation gets an overall score of 2/5.