Cato (CATO) Price to Earnings (2011 - 2026)

Cato has reported Price to Earnings for 16 years, with the latest figure at 53.7 in Q3 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Price to Earnings rose 632.09% year-over-year to 53.7 in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was 11.03, a 318.01% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 9.28, down 173.1% from the prior year.
• Price to Earnings was 53.7 for Q3 2026 at Cato, up from 5.59 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Price to Earnings was 1005.55 in Q3 2024, with the low at 105.45 in Q3 2022.
• Average Price to Earnings over 5 years is 50.93, with a median of 4.37 recorded in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Price to Earnings sank 530.41% in 2022, then jumped 632.09% in 2026.
• Over 5 years, Price to Earnings stood at 51.16 in 2022, then surged by 57.81% to 21.59 in 2023, then surged by 63.48% to 7.88 in 2024, then plunged by 69.26% to 13.34 in 2025, then jumped by 502.45% to 53.7 in 2026.
• The last three Price to Earnings figures came in at 53.7 (Q3 2026), 5.59 (Q2 2026), and 5.05 (Q1 2026), per Business Quant data.