Cato (CATO) Capital Expenditures (2010 - 2026)

Cato's (CATO) quarterly Capital Expenditures came in at $260000.0 in Q2 2026, down 8.45% year-on-year from $284000.0 in Q2 2025, and up 227.45% quarter-over-quarter from -$204000.0 in Q1 2026.

Cato (CATO) Capital Expenditures (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cato's Capital Expenditures history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $260000.0 for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Capital Expenditures fell 8.45% year-over-year to $260000.0 in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was $313000.0, a 95.92% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $337000.0, down 95.72% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures grew to $260000.0 in Q2 2026 per CATO's latest filing, from -$204000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Capital Expenditures topped out at $6.2 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$13.7 million in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $387500.0 (2024), against an average of $467888.9.
  • Across the five-year window, Capital Expenditures surged 1029.66% in 2022 and tumbled 6581.46% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Capital Expenditures stood at $4.0 million in 2022, then slumped by 54.95% to $1.8 million in 2023, then jumped by 221.38% to $5.8 million in 2024, then tumbled by 96.42% to $207000.0 in 2025, then gained by 25.6% to $260000.0 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CATO Capital Expenditures figures stand at $260000.0 (Q2 2026), -$204000.0 (Q1 2026), and $207000.0 (Q4 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capital Expenditures (Qtr)
1 Tjx Companies 169.48 Bn 163.90 Bn 4.48 Bn 662.00 Mn
2 Ross Stores 74.91 Bn 70.31 Bn 1.80 Bn 200.91 Mn
3 Burlington Stores 21.30 Bn 20.55 Bn 1.26 Bn 130.97 Mn
4 Lululemon Athletica 12.32 Bn 10.51 Bn 2.00 Bn 183.20 Mn
5 Gap 6.81 Bn 4.25 Bn 1.42 Bn 135.00 Mn
6 Victoria's Secret 6.71 Bn 6.55 Bn 585.00 Mn 54.00 Mn
7 Urban Outfitters 5.96 Bn 5.55 Bn 542.57 Mn 18.88 Mn
8 Boot Barn Holdings 4.50 Bn 4.30 Bn 281.24 Mn 101.92 Mn
9 Abercrombie & Fitch 4.04 Bn 3.43 Bn 682.63 Mn 61.34 Mn
10 Cato 61.54 Mn 3.30 Mn 63.07 Mn 260,000.00

Historic Data

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May 2, 2026 260,000.00
May 2, 2026 260,000.00
Jan 31, 2026 -204,000.00
Jan 31, 2026 -204,000.00
Nov 1, 2025 207,000.00
Nov 1, 2025 207,000.00
Aug 2, 2025 50,000.00
Aug 2, 2025 50,000.00
May 3, 2025 284,000.00
May 3, 2025 284,000.00
Feb 1, 2025 1.36 Mn
Feb 1, 2025 1.36 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 5.79 Mn
Nov 2, 2024 5.79 Mn
Aug 3, 2024 230,000.00
Aug 3, 2024 230,000.00
May 4, 2024 491,000.00
May 4, 2024 491,000.00
Feb 3, 2024 -9.33 Mn
Feb 3, 2024 -9.33 Mn