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

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

What is The Cato's ROI in the first quarter of 2026?
The Cato Corporation achieved a return on average invested assets (ROI) of 0.05 % in its first quarter of 2026, which is below The Cato's average return on investment, which stands at 3.05%.

ROI has improved compared to -3.57% in the fourth quarter of 2025, due to net income growth.

Within the Retail sector 81 other companies had a higher return on investment. While Return on investment, overall ranking has progressed in the May 02 2026 quarter, so far to 2211, from total ROI ranking in the fourth quarter of 2025 at 2551.

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Return On Investment	(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 Investment Change TTM	-5.08 %	-9.48 %	-12.39 %	-15.61 %	-15.95 %
Y / Y Net Income Change TTM	-	-	-	-	-
Investment (TTM) in Millions	167	157	168	172	165
Return On Investment (TTM)	0.05 %	-3.57 %	-5.46 %	-11.23 %	-14.71 %
CATO's Overall Ranking	# 2211	# 2551	# 2768	# 2694	# 2515
Seq. Investment Change TTM	0.27 %	-0.75 %	-1.4 %	-3.27 %	-4.37 %
Seq. Net Income Change TTM	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income (TTM) in Millions	0	-6	-9	-19	-26

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Return On Investment CATO's Ranking
Within:	No.
Industry	# 3
Sector	# 82
Overall	# 2211

Return On Investment Statistics
High	Average	Low
20.49 %	3.05 %	-14.71 %
(May 03 2014)		(May 03 2025)

Financial Statements
The Cato's I. Quarter Investments	$ 167 Millions	CATO's Balance sheet
The Cato's I. Quarter Income	$ 9 Millions	Quarterly CATO's Income Statement
CATO's Income by Division		See CATO's Income by Division

CATO Annual Return On Investment	(Jan 31 2026) 2025	(Feb 01 2025) 2024	(Feb 03 2024) 2023	(Jan 28 2023) 2022	(Jan 29 2022) 2021
Total Investments in Millions	157	162	192	227	390
Y / Y Investment Growth	-3.07 %	-15.61 %	-15.12 %	-41.84 %	-4.86 %
Net Income in Millions	-6	-18	-24	0	37
Y / Y Net Income Growth	-	-	-	-99.92 %	-
Annual Return On Investment	-3.76 %	-11.13 %	-12.45 %	0.01 %	9.46 %

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Companies with similar Return On Investment at May 02 2026, within Retail Sector	ROI
Monro Inc	0.15 %
Petco Health And Wellness Company Inc	0.11 %
The Cato Corporation	0.05 %

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

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