CATO Cato (CATO) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades
Wholesale & Retail · Retail-women's clothing stores · CIK 0000018255
SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
16
13F, latest reported quarter
Cato insider trades (Form 4)
Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises
and conversions excluded.
No insider purchases or sales are on record for CATO CORP in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.
Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Context
- 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 buy), the last on Nov 22, 2021.
- The trade is 7.8% of the 35,808 shares held after it.
- No other insider sold within 30 days.
- 16 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director PATRICK BAILEY W sold about $19.2K of CATO on Nov 17, 2023, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 16 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.Context
- 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 buy), the last on Nov 22, 2021.
- The trade is 0.5% of the 38,608 shares held after it.
- No other insider sold within 30 days.
- 16 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director PATRICK BAILEY W sold about $1.4K of CATO on Nov 17, 2023, the largest insider sale at the company on our record; 16 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.Context
- First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
- The trade is 0.3% of the 1,049,145 shares held after it.
- No other insider bought within 30 days.
- 16 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT/CEO CATO JOHN P D bought about $31.1K of CATO on Nov 25, 2022, the largest insider purchase at the company since 2021; 16 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.Context
- First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
- The trade is 9.7% of the 30,851 shares held after it.
- No other insider bought within 30 days.
- 16 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director PATRICK BAILEY W bought about $49.8K of CATO on Nov 22, 2021, the largest insider purchase at the company on our record; 16 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.4 transactions on record · a thin record, read with care
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
Seven facts, ranked against the sector ·
Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
no insider buys or sells on file
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
16 funds bought in last quarter
below 79% of Wholesale & Retail
Revenue
+0.7% year over year
below 62% of Wholesale & Retail
Margin
-0.9% net margin
below 66% of Wholesale & Retail
Buybacks
$422.0K repurchased, FY to 2026-08-01
below 93% of Wholesale & Retail
Short interest
2.5% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 5.5 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days
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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
-45.5%12M
Indexed to 100, dividend-adjusted, not a price chart.
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Who owns CATO: institutional holders (13F)
13F holdings, latest reported quarter
1,169,986 sh
$3.8M
778,940 sh
$2.5M
711,699 sh
$2.3M
561,950 sh
$1.8M
468,532 sh
$1.5M
Congress trades in CATO
No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.
Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)
No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.
CATO planned insider sales (Form 144)
No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.
CATO mutual fund holders (N-PORT)
Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
Ultra-Small Company Fund
$256.0K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.3%
Ultra-Small Company Market Fund
$71.3K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
GMO U.S. Small Cap Value Fund
$7.1K position · as of 2026-05-31
0.0%
iShares Micro-Cap ETF
$168.0K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
EA Bridgeway Omni Small-Cap Value ETF
$162.0K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio
$10.3K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M ·
% is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Executive pay vs shareholder return · John P. D. Cato
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's
return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2025
$1.5M
$1.3M
$466.3K
-65%
+109%
2024
$2.4M
$1.9M
$556.7K
-61%
+73%
2023
$2.9M
$2.4M
$581.3K
-29%
+35%
2022
$3.2M
$2.4M
$495.2K
-4%
+21%
2021
$5.5M
$6.4M
$714.4K
+49%
+11%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are
cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
The complete filing record, in one place.
The record shows 16 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
CATO financials
Revenue growth
+0.7%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
-0.9%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$643.7M
four quarters, 2025-08-03 to 2026-08-01
Revenue, TTM CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | $653.8M |
| FY Feb 2025 | $649.8M |
| FY Feb 2024 | $708.1M |
| FY Jan 2023 | $759.3M |
| FY Jan 2022 | $769.3M |
| Aug 2026 | $165.5M |
| May 2026 | $171.1M |
| Jan 2026 | $151.7M |
| Nov 2025 | $155.4M |
| Aug 2025 | $176.5M |
| May 2025 | $170.2M |
| Feb 2025 | $157.9M |
| Nov 2024 | $146.2M |
At each fiscal year end
Single quarter
Net margin, TTM
-0.9%
net income over revenue, 2025-08-03 to 2026-08-01
Net margin, TTM CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | -0.9% |
| FY Feb 2025 | -2.8% |
| FY Feb 2024 | -3.4% |
| FY Jan 2023 | +0.0% |
| FY Jan 2022 | +4.8% |
| Aug 2026 | +0.7% |
| May 2026 | +5.4% |
| Jan 2026 | -7.2% |
| Nov 2025 | -3.3% |
| Aug 2025 | +3.9% |
| May 2025 | +1.9% |
| Feb 2025 | -8.9% |
| Nov 2024 | -10.3% |
At each fiscal year end
Single quarter
Free cash flow, TTM
$1.6M
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-08-03 to 2026-08-01
Free cash flow, TTM CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | -$5.2M |
| FY Feb 2025 | -$27.6M |
| FY Feb 2024 | -$12.1M |
| FY Jan 2023 | -$6.1M |
| FY Jan 2022 | $55.7M |
| Aug 2026 | $13.1M |
| May 2026 | $7.0M |
| Jan 2026 | -$5.6M |
| Nov 2025 | -$12.9M |
| Aug 2025 | $10.4M |
| May 2025 | $2.8M |
| Feb 2025 | -$7.8M |
| Nov 2024 | -$23.8M |
At each fiscal year end
Single quarter
Debt to equity
n/a
no debt line filed
Debt to equity CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2025 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2024 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2023 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2022 | n/a |
| Aug 2026 | n/a |
| May 2026 | n/a |
| Jan 2026 | n/a |
| Nov 2025 | n/a |
| Aug 2025 | n/a |
| May 2025 | n/a |
| Feb 2025 | n/a |
| Nov 2024 | n/a |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Cash flow to debt
n/a
no debt line filed
Cash flow to debt CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2025 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2024 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2023 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2022 | n/a |
| Aug 2026 | n/a |
| May 2026 | n/a |
| Jan 2026 | n/a |
| Nov 2025 | n/a |
| Aug 2025 | n/a |
| May 2025 | n/a |
| Feb 2025 | n/a |
| Nov 2024 | n/a |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Return on equity
-3.3%
TTM net income over average of 2025-08-02 and 2026-08-01
Return on equity CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | -3.7% |
| FY Feb 2025 | -10.2% |
| FY Feb 2024 | -11.4% |
| FY Jan 2023 | +0.0% |
| FY Jan 2022 | +14.7% |
| Aug 2026 | -3.3% |
| May 2026 | +0.1% |
| Jan 2026 | -3.7% |
| Nov 2025 | -5.3% |
| Aug 2025 | -10.3% |
| May 2025 | -14.2% |
| Feb 2025 | -10.2% |
| Nov 2024 | -13.9% |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Return on assets
-1.3%
TTM net income over average of 2025-08-02 and 2026-08-01
Return on assets CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | -1.4% |
| FY Feb 2025 | -3.8% |
| FY Feb 2024 | -4.6% |
| FY Jan 2023 | +0.0% |
| FY Jan 2022 | +6.0% |
| Aug 2026 | -1.3% |
| May 2026 | +0.0% |
| Jan 2026 | -1.4% |
| Nov 2025 | -2.1% |
| Aug 2025 | -4.3% |
| May 2025 | -5.6% |
| Feb 2025 | -3.8% |
| Nov 2024 | -6.0% |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Return on invested capital
n/a
pre-tax loss, no effective tax rate to apply
Return on invested capital CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2025 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2024 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2023 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2022 | n/a |
| Aug 2026 | n/a |
| May 2026 | n/a |
| Jan 2026 | n/a |
| Nov 2025 | n/a |
| Aug 2025 | n/a |
| May 2025 | n/a |
| Feb 2025 | n/a |
| Nov 2024 | n/a |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Return on capital employed
-5.0%
operating income (EBIT proxy) over average of 2025-08-02 and 2026-08-01 minus current liabilities
Return on capital employed CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | -4.8% |
| FY Feb 2025 | -9.4% |
| FY Feb 2024 | -5.5% |
| FY Jan 2023 | -1.0% |
| FY Jan 2022 | +9.8% |
| Aug 2026 | -5.0% |
| May 2026 | -2.7% |
| Jan 2026 | -4.8% |
| Nov 2025 | -5.1% |
| Aug 2025 | -8.4% |
| May 2025 | -10.5% |
| Feb 2025 | -9.4% |
| Nov 2024 | -10.1% |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
P/E, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
P/E, trailing CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2025 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2024 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2023 | 729,222,843,417,493,504.00x |
| FY Jan 2022 | 9.79x |
| Aug 2026 | n/a |
| May 2026 | n/a |
| Jan 2026 | n/a |
| Nov 2025 | n/a |
| Aug 2025 | n/a |
| May 2025 | n/a |
| Feb 2025 | n/a |
| Nov 2024 | n/a |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Enterprise value
n/a
no share count filed
Enterprise value CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2025 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2024 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2023 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2022 | n/a |
| Aug 2026 | n/a |
| May 2026 | n/a |
| Jan 2026 | n/a |
| Nov 2025 | n/a |
| Aug 2025 | n/a |
| May 2025 | n/a |
| Feb 2025 | n/a |
| Nov 2024 | n/a |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
FCF yield
n/a
no share count filed
FCF yield CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2025 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2024 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2023 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2022 | n/a |
| Aug 2026 | n/a |
| May 2026 | n/a |
| Jan 2026 | n/a |
| Nov 2025 | n/a |
| Aug 2025 | n/a |
| May 2025 | n/a |
| Feb 2025 | n/a |
| Nov 2024 | n/a |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
PEG, trailing
n/a
trailing loss, a multiple of a loss is not meaningful
PEG, trailing CATO
| FY Jan 2026 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2025 | n/a |
| FY Feb 2024 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2023 | n/a |
| FY Jan 2022 | n/a |
| Aug 2026 | n/a |
| May 2026 | n/a |
| Jan 2026 | n/a |
| Nov 2025 | n/a |
| Aug 2025 | n/a |
| May 2025 | n/a |
| Feb 2025 | n/a |
| Nov 2024 | n/a |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Price as of 2026-10-27. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
| 2026-01 | 2025-02 | 2024-02 | 2023-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $653.8M | $649.8M | $708.1M | $759.3M |
| Operating income | -$12.7M | -$26.4M | -$17.9M | -$3.6M |
| Net income | -$5.9M | -$18.1M | -$23.9M | $29.0K |
| EPS (diluted) | -0.31 | -0.97 | -1.17 | 0.00 |
| Operating cash flow | -$1.5M | -$19.7M | $477.0K | $13.4M |
| Cash | $16.8M | $20.3M | $23.9M | $20.0M |
| Buybacks | $995.0K | $3.9M | $2.6M | $15.2M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $10.5M | $14.0M | $14.4M |
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28
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