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

Cato has reported Return on Equity over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.04% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.04% for Q1 2026, up 7.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.04% (up 7.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.04%, up 6.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q1 2026 was 0.04% at Cato, up from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for CATO hit a ceiling of 0.14% in Q1 2022 and a floor of 0.16% in Q2 2025.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 5 years was 0.04% (2026), compared with a mean of 0.04%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Equity hit 33bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -14bps in 2022.
  • Cato's Return on Equity stood at 0.01% in 2022, then decreased by -11bps to 0.02% in 2023, then tumbled by -827bps to 0.15% in 2024, then soared by 64bps to 0.05% in 2025, then soared by 33bps to 0.04% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.04% (Q1 2026), 0.05% (Q4 2025), and 0.11% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.