Growth Metrics

Cato (CATO) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Cato (CATO) has 15 years of Return on Equity data on record, last reported at 0.06% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity rose 9.0% year-over-year to 0.06%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 0.06%, up 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.1%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.06% in Q4 2025 per CATO's latest filing, up from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.14% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.19% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.03%, with a median of 0.02% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: fell -30bps in 2021, then skyrocketed 33bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.13% in 2021, then plummeted by -111bps to 0.01% in 2022, then dropped by -11bps to 0.02% in 2023, then plummeted by -829bps to 0.15% in 2024, then surged by 61bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Equity were 0.06% in Q4 2025, 0.11% in Q3 2025, and 0.15% in Q2 2025.