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Cato Corporation CATO Payments to Acquire Short-Term Investments

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Other financials

Income statement

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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

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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

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Operating cash flow$8.0M+108%
CapEx$1.1M+4.7%
Free cash flow$7.0M+145%

Valuation

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Market cap$64.67M+22.3%
Enterprise value$181.61M+19.9%
P/E710.6×
P/S0.1×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin34.5%+1.9pp
Operating margin-1.1%-0.5pp
Net margin0%0.0pp
FCF margin-0.2%-0.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity0.1%0.0pp
Debt / equity0.9×+0.1×
Current ratio1.3×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Cato Corporation in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireShortTermInvestments.

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 payments to acquire short-term investments?
Cato Corporation (CATO) reported payments to acquire short-term investments of $6.84M in Q1 2026.
How has Cato Corporation's payments to acquire short-term investments changed year-over-year?
Cato Corporation's payments to acquire short-term investments increased by 202.2% year-over-year, from $2.26M to $6.84M.
What is the long-term trend for Cato Corporation's payments to acquire short-term investments?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cato Corporation's payments to acquire short-term investments has grown at a -34.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $141.94M to $25.45M.
What does payments to acquire short-term investments mean?
Reflects cash used to purchase short-term financial instruments or marketable securities. This indicates how the company manages its excess cash reserves to generate interest income while maintaining liquidity. It highlights the company's strategy for deploying idle capital in the short term.