The Cato's ROA from the first quarter of 2026 to the first quarter of 2025 and 5 Year Period

Return on Assets, Quarterly Results, Trends, Rankings, Statistics

What is The Cato's ROA in the first quarter of 2026?
The Cato Corporation achieved a return on average assets (ROA) of 0.02 % in its first quarter of 2026, which is below The Cato's average return on assets, which stands at 3.71%.

ROA has improved compared to -1.35% in the fourth quarter of 2025, due to net income growth.

However, within the Retail sector 126 other companies had a higher return on assets. While Return on assets, overall ranking has advanced in the May 02 2026 quarter, so far to 2542, from total ROA ranking in the fourth quarter of 2025 at 3120.

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Return On Assets	(May 02 2026) I. Quarter	(Jan 31 2026) IV. Quarter	(Nov 01 2025) III. Quarter	(Aug 02 2025) II. Quarter	(May 03 2025) I. Quarter
Y / Y Total Assets Change	-0.37 %	38.39 %	43.45 %	31.81 %	29.95 %
Y / Y Net Income Change	181.32 %	-	-	7091.58 %	-69.85 %
Net Income (TTM) in million	0	-6	-9	-19	-26
Return On Assets (TTM)	0.02 %	-1.35 %	-2.23 %	-5.08 %	-7.4 %
CATO's Total Ranking	# 2542	# 3120	# 2821	# 2992	# 3112
Total Assets (TTM) in million	439	421	450	437	441
Seq. Total Assets Change	4.21 %	-6.4 %	3.05 %	-0.89 %	44.76 %
Seq. Net Income Change	-	-	-	106.47 %	-

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Return On Assets Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Industry	# 17
Sector	# 127
Overall	# 2525

Return On Assets Statistics
High	Average	Low
11.58 %	3.71 %	-7.85 %
(Jul 28 2012)		(Jan 30 2021)

Financial Statements
The Cato's Assets	$ 439 million	CATO's Balance sheet
The Cato's Income	$ 9 million	Quarterly CATO's Income Statement
CATO's Income by Division		See CATO's Income by Division

Annual Return On Assets	(Jan 31 2026) FY 2025	(Feb 01 2025) FY 2024	(Feb 03 2024) FY 2023	(Jan 28 2023) FY 2022	(Jan 29 2022) FY 2021
Y / Y Total Assets Change	38.39 %	-8.3 %	-12.62 %	-16.06 %	14.86 %
Total Assets in million	421	305	332	380	453
Y / Y Net Income Change	-	-	-	-99.92 %	-
Net Income in million	-6	-18	-24	0	37
Annual Return On Assets	-1.4 %	-5.93 %	-7.21 %	0.01 %	8.14 %

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Date modified: 2026-08-30T14:53:00+00:00

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