Cato (CATO) EV to CFO (2011 - 2026)

Cato (CATO) posted EV to CFO of 2.21 for Q3 2026, up 38.44% on a QoQ basis from 3.59 in Q2 2026, and up 35.93% year-over-year from 1.63 in Q3 2025.

Analysis

Cato (CATO) EV to CFO (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cato has reported EV to CFO for 16 years, with the latest figure at 2.21 in Q3 2026.

On a quarterly basis, EV to CFO rose 35.93% year-over-year to 2.21 in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was 5.9, a 287.72% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 12.88, up 1455.37% from the prior year.
EV to CFO was 2.21 for Q3 2026 at Cato, up from 3.59 in the prior quarter.
The five-year high for EV to CFO was 35.35 in Q4 2022, with the low at 290.74 in Q2 2022.
Average EV to CFO over 5 years is 15.33, with a median of 2.16 recorded in 2024.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: EV to CFO slumped 5747.23% in 2022, then soared 206.95% in 2025.
Over 5 years, EV to CFO stood at 35.35 in 2022, then tumbled by 103.6% to 1.27 in 2023, then declined by 16.01% to 1.48 in 2024, then surged by 153.18% to 0.79 in 2025, then slumped by 381.88% to 2.21 in 2026.
The last three EV to CFO figures came in at 2.21 (Q3 2026), 3.59 (Q2 2026), and 4.0 (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.

Peer Set

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)
1	Tjx Companies	139.66 Bn	133.65 Bn	5.07 Bn
2	Ross Stores	71.61 Bn	67.32 Bn	2.12 Bn
3	Burlington Stores	14.97 Bn	14.27 Bn	1.39 Bn
4	Gap	7.43 Bn	4.94 Bn	1.93 Bn
5	Urban Outfitters	6.62 Bn	6.20 Bn	542.57 Mn
6	Abercrombie & Fitch	6.27 Bn	5.63 Bn	822.65 Mn
7	Victoria's Secret	5.86 Bn	5.34 Bn	759.00 Mn
8	Boot Barn Holdings	4.30 Bn	4.16 Bn	-
9	American Eagle Outfitters	2.44 Bn	2.34 Bn	456.17 Mn
10	Cato	45.89 Mn	-47.88 Mn	55.32 Mn

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