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Cato (CATO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Cato (CATO) has 15 years of Return on Capital Employed data on record, last reported at 1.53% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed rose 16.0% year-over-year to 1.53%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 1.53%, up 16.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 1.61%, 17.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 1.53% in Q4 2025 per CATO's latest filing, up from 1.72% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 1.1% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 1.81% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 1.43%, with a median of 1.49% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: tumbled -35bps in 2022, then grew 16bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 1.12% in 2021, then plummeted by -32bps to 1.48% in 2022, then fell by -3bps to 1.52% in 2023, then fell by -11bps to 1.69% in 2024, then rose by 9bps to 1.53% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 1.53% in Q4 2025, 1.72% in Q3 2025, and 1.73% in Q2 2025.