Growth Metrics

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

Historic Return on Sales for Cato (CATO) over the last 16 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 0.03%.

  • Cato's Return on Sales rose 700.0% to 0.03% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Nov 2025 it was 0.01%, marking a year-over-year increase of 300.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 0.03% for FY2025, which is 100.0% up from last year.
  • Cato's Return on Sales amounted to 0.03% in Q4 2025, which was up 700.0% from 0.04% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Cato's Return on Sales registered a high of 0.1% during Q2 2021, and its lowest value of 0.13% during Q1 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Cato's median Return on Sales value was 0.01% (recorded in 2022), while the average stood at 0.01%.
  • In the last 5 years, Cato's Return on Sales skyrocketed by 3800bps in 2021 and then tumbled by -1200bps in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Cato's Return on Sales (Quarter) stood at 0.05% in 2021, then plummeted by -150bps to 0.03% in 2022, then crashed by -52bps to 0.04% in 2023, then tumbled by -169bps to 0.1% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 68bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Its Return on Sales stands at 0.03% for Q4 2025, versus 0.04% for Q3 2025 and 0.02% for Q2 2025.