Growth Metrics

Cato (CATO) EPS (Basic) (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported EPS (Basic) over the past 17 years, most recently at -$0.56 for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put EPS (Basic) at -$0.56 for Q1 2026, up 23.29% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was -$0.32 (up 67.01% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was -$0.31, up 68.04%.
  • EPS (Basic) for Q1 2026 was -$0.56 at Cato, down from -$0.28 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EPS (Basic) for CATO hit a ceiling of $0.54 in Q2 2024 and a floor of -$1.15 in Q1 2024.
  • Median EPS (Basic) over the past 5 years was -$0.14 (2023), compared with a mean of -$0.16.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EPS (Basic): tumbled 721.43% in 2024 and later surged 3400.0% in 2025.
  • Cato's EPS (Basic) stood at -$0.21 in 2022, then crashed by 42.86% to -$0.3 in 2023, then tumbled by 163.33% to -$0.79 in 2024, then surged by 64.56% to -$0.28 in 2025, then plummeted by 100.0% to -$0.56 in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EPS (Basic) were -$0.56 (Q1 2026), -$0.28 (Q4 2025), and $0.35 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.