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Cato Corporation CATO Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

Revenue$171.1M+0.5%

Gross profit$64.8M+6.3%

Operating income$9.0M+160%

Net income$9.3M+181%

EPS (diluted)$0.47+176%

Balance sheet

Cash & equivalents$28.1M-17.4%

Total debt$145.0M+9.4%

Total equity$166.7M+1.1%

Total assets$439.2M-0.4%

Cash flow

Operating cash flow$8.0M+108%

CapEx$1.1M+4.7%

Free cash flow$7.0M+145%

Valuation

Market cap$64.67M+22.3%

Enterprise value$181.61M+19.9%

P/E710.6×—

P/S0.1×0.0×

Profitability

Gross margin34.5%+1.9pp

Operating margin-1.1%-0.5pp

Net margin0%0.0pp

FCF margin-0.2%-0.1pp

Returns & leverage

Return on equity0.1%0.0pp

Debt / equity0.9×+0.1×

Current ratio1.3×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Cato Corporation’s reported figures.

net income/market cap=0.2%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Cato Corporation’s 10-Q, filed May 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Cato Corporation's earnings yield?: Cato Corporation (CATO) reported earnings yield of 0.2% in Q1 2026.
How has Cato Corporation's earnings yield changed year-over-year?: Cato Corporation's earnings yield increased by 100.3% year-over-year, from -52.3% to 0.2%.
What is the long-term trend for Cato Corporation's earnings yield?: Over 3 years (2020 to 2025), Cato Corporation's earnings yield has grown at a -20.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -19.3% to -9.8%.
What does earnings yield mean?: Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.