Growth Metrics

Cato (CATO) Return on Assets (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported Return on Assets over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.01% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Assets at 0.01% for Q1 2026, up 3.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.01% (up 3.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.01%, up 2.0%.
  • Return on Assets for Q1 2026 was 0.01% at Cato, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Assets for CATO hit a ceiling of 0.06% in Q1 2022 and a floor of 0.06% in Q4 2024.
  • Median Return on Assets over the past 5 years was 0.01% (2026), compared with a mean of 0.02%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Assets hit 14bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -7bps in 2022.
  • Cato's Return on Assets stood at 0.01% in 2022, then decreased by -13bps to 0.01% in 2023, then tumbled by -781bps to 0.06% in 2024, then surged by 67bps to 0.02% in 2025, then soared by 34bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Assets were 0.01% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q4 2025), and 0.04% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.