With 2.23 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 37690.0 shares. During the session, the Apparel Retail company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $4.0 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $3.1208. The 52-week range on CATO shows that it touched its highest point at $6.70 and its lowest point at $2.19 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $23.00. With its current market cap of 75.19 million, CATO has annualized dividend of $0.17 while the current yield stands at 4.46%. CATO paid its most recent dividend on 1726444800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1726444800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.83.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CATO was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 34.15%, but this was up by 19.06% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 56.79% while six-month performance rose 13.73%. The stock lost -2.31% in the past year, while it has lost -22.87% so far this year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 19.74 million CATO shares are outstanding with a float of 14.71 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-31, short shares totaled 0.41 million, which was 209.0 higher than short shares on 1751241600. In addition to Mr. John P. Derham Cato as the firm’s Chairman, President & CEO, Mr. Charles D. Knight serves as its Executive VP & CFO.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-08-02, CATO reported revenue of $170242000.0 and operating income of $3035000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $5599000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.17.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.3 being high and $1.3 being low. For CATO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.3.
