Cato (CATO) Return on Invested Capital (2011 - 2026)

Cato's Return on Invested Capital history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.0% for Q2 2026.

• In Q2 2026, Return on Invested Capital rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the TTM figure through May 2026 stood at 0.0% (up 3.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 0.02%, up 1.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital was 0.0% for Q2 2026 at Cato, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.0% in Q2 2026 to a low of 0.27% in Q4 2022.
• Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.04% across 5 years, with a median of 0.03% in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Invested Capital dropped 26 bps in 2022, then rose 26 bps in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.27% in 2022, then soared by 95 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then tumbled by 242 bps to 0.05% in 2024, then jumped by 44 bps to 0.03% in 2025, then soared by 108 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.0% (Q2 2026), 0.02% (Q1 2026), and 0.03% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.