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

Cato has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 16 years, most recently at 2.13% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 2.13% for Q1 2026, up 89.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 2.13% (up 89.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 2.16%, up 74.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 was 2.13% at Cato, up from 2.61% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for CATO hit a ceiling of 0.04% in Q1 2023 and a floor of 26.81% in Q4 2022.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 2.93% (2025), compared with a mean of 4.05%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: plummeted -2523bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 2543bps in 2023.
  • Cato's Return on Invested Capital stood at 26.81% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 95bps to 1.38% in 2023, then plummeted by -233bps to 4.59% in 2024, then soared by 43bps to 2.61% in 2025, then grew by 18bps to 2.13% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 2.13% (Q1 2026), 2.61% (Q4 2025), and 2.93% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.