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Cato (CATO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 16 years, most recently at 1.59% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 1.59% for Q1 2026, up 25.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 1.59% (up 25.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 1.56%, up 7.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 was 1.59% at Cato, down from 1.56% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for CATO hit a ceiling of 1.12% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 1.83% in Q1 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 1.56% (2025), compared with a mean of 1.51%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -37bps in 2023 and later increased 25bps in 2026.
  • Cato's Return on Capital Employed stood at 1.42% in 2022, then dropped by -8bps to 1.54% in 2023, then fell by -11bps to 1.72% in 2024, then rose by 9bps to 1.56% in 2025, then dropped by -2bps to 1.59% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 1.59% (Q1 2026), 1.56% (Q4 2025), and 1.75% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.