Cato Institutional Ownership

NYSE CATO

$2.34 +0.04 (+1.74%)

As of: Oct 22, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Institutions by Trading Activity

43 Institutions

Increased 17 39.5%

Unchanged 14 32.6%

Reduced 12 27.9%

Ownership Statistics

13F · as of 30 Jun, 2026

Institutional Ownership

29.29%

▼-1.44 pp QoQ

Shares Held by Institutions

5.85Mn

of 19.96Mn outstanding

▼-3.62% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

19.96Mn

14.11Mn held outside 13F filers

Institutional Investors

filed 13F for Jun 2026

▼-1 vs prior quarter

Net Shares Added (QoQ)

-219.47K

distributed since last quarter

Value of Holdings

$13.50Mn

reported market value

Shares Owned by Institutions

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Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 10, 2026

Cato Corp (NYSE:CATO) appeared in the 13F filings of 43 institutional investors for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

These investors held 29.29% of CATO's outstanding shares at the end of Q2 2026, down from 30.72% in Q1 2026.
Total shares held in CATO fell 3.62% from Q1 2026, while the number of holders was unchanged from Q2 2025.
Of the 43 holders of CATO in Q2 2026, 17 added to their positions, 12 reduced their stakes and 14 left their positions unchanged.
Altogether, institutional holders owned 5.85Mn CATO shares at the end of Q2 2026, down 219.47K from the prior quarter and down 166.33K from a year earlier.
Aldebaran Capital, LLC was the top holder of CATO as of June 30, 2026, with 1.17Mn shares, or 5.86% of shares outstanding.
Among existing holders, the largest additions to CATO in Q2 2026 came from BlackRock, Inc. (+14.94K shares), Renaissance Technologies LLC (+13.6K shares), Peapod Lane Capital LLC (+12.12K shares), Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC (+9.29K shares) and Vanguard Capital Management LLC (+7.53K shares).
Holders that trimmed the most shares of CATO in Q2 2026 while keeping a position were Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (-129.81K shares), UBS Group AG (-65.47K shares), RBF Capital, LLC (-39.33K shares), Millennium Management LLC (-22.92K shares) and Simplex Trading, LLC (-10.3K shares).
Per Business Quant data, the 10 largest holders of CATO at the end of Q2 2026 were Aldebaran Capital, LLC (1.17Mn shares), Peapod Lane Capital LLC (778.94K shares), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (711.7K shares), Renaissance Technologies LLC (561.95K shares), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (468.53K shares), BlackRock, Inc. (406.41K shares), Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership (294.9K shares), Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. (224.77K shares), Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC (155.79K shares) and Geode Capital Management, LLC (154.38K shares).

Form 13F Holdings

44 Institutional Holders

Report period 30 Jun, 2026

Total shares held 5.85Mn

Of outstanding 29.29%

#	Institution	CIK	Shares Held	% of Outstanding	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
1	Aldebaran Capital, LLC	0001448430	1,169,986	5.86%	▼6,701	-0.57%	$3.79Mn
2	Peapod Lane Capital LLC	0002050979	778,940	3.90%	▲12,115	+1.58%	$2.52Mn
3	VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	0002100119	711,699	3.57%	▲7,531	+1.07%	$2.31Mn
4	RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC	0001037389	561,950	2.82%	▲13,600	+2.48%	$1.82Mn
5	DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP	0000354204	468,532	2.35%	▼129,807	-21.69%	$1.52Mn
6	BlackRock, Inc.	0002012383	406,411	2.04%	▲14,940	+3.82%	$1.32Mn
7	ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP	0001164508	294,905	1.48%	0	0.00%	$955.49K
8	PRESCOTT GROUP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.	0001166152	224,767	1.13%	0	0.00%	$728.25K
9	BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	0001107261	155,791	0.78%	▲9,292	+6.34%	$504.76K
10	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	0001214717	154,380	0.77%	0	0.00%	$500.35K
11	YACKTMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LP	0000905567	105,445	0.53%	0	0.00%	$341.64K
12	Marquette Asset Management, LLC	0001395067	103,328	0.52%	▲103,328	0.00%	$334.78K
13	VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO	0000933478	82,903	0.42%	▲559	+0.68%	$268.61K
14	RBF Capital, LLC	0001134621	82,827	0.41%	▼39,327	-32.19%	$268.36K
15	State Street Corp	0000093751	68,846	0.34%	▼2,700	-3.77%	$223.06K
16	GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP	0001362033	51,228	0.26%	0	0.00%	$166
17	Empowered Funds, LLC	0001592828	49,989	0.25%	0	0.00%	$161.96K
18	Squarepoint Ops LLC	0001642575	48,749	0.24%	▲758	+1.58%	$157.95K
19	Aristides Capital LLC	0001595521	46,319	0.23%	▲1,190	+2.64%	$150.07K
20	NewEdge Advisors, LLC	0001633516	42,436	0.21%	▲42,436	0.00%	$137.49K

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