Company profile
The Cato Corporation
NYSE: CATO · Consumer Cyclical · Apparel - Retail
#276 of 620 Consumer Cyclical companies by revenue43rd-percentile growth
EA Score
61CFH 45DQ 91GM 44SS 68
v0.1 · 65/100 weight · provisional
↑ filing timeliness, listing tenure · ↓ 3-yr revenue growth, operating margin
Methodology →Revenue TTM
$654.7M
Rev growth YoY (TTM)
+1.8%
Net income (FY)
-$5.9M
Employees
6,700
as of 2026-09-17
Market cap
$42.6M
as of 2026-09-17
Financials — latest annual
SEC EDGAR · USD-normalizedConceptUSDNativeFY
Revenue$646.8M$646.8M2025
Net income-$5.9M-$5.9M2025
Operating income-$12.7M-$12.7M2025
Total assets$421.4M$421.4M2025
Equity$157.3M$157.3M2025
Revenue trend
FY2020 – FY2025 · USD
FY20
FY20
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
Revenue by segment
Filed disclosures · FY2025
By product
Credit Card95%
Gift card breakage5%
By geography
Not disclosed.
The read
What is The Cato Corporation’s revenue?
The Cato Corporation booked $646.8M in FY2025 revenue, growing 0.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among Consumer Cyclical companies we track, at a -0.9% net margin.
Peers · Consumer Cyclical
Movado Group, Inc.70BCommercial Vehicle Group, Inc.49DLifetime Brands, Inc.51DTriMas Corporation78B+Civeo Corporation54DFIGS, Inc.59CNeighbors
Mecklenburg →Key facts
CEOJohn Derham Cato
SectorConsumer Cyclical
IndustryApparel - Retail
HeadquartersCharlotte, NC
ExchangeNYSE: CATO
Employees6,700
IPO date1987-04-22
Financials: SEC EDGAR (XBRL), USD-normalized per IAS 21 · TTM/quarterly + segments: FMP from filed disclosures · Filings: EDGAR submissions. County headcount and EA Score are in progress — see docs/DATA_GAPS.md.