A company still losing money with shrinking sales.
Going well
Buying back shares: share count down 5.7% in 3 years
Watch out for
Losing money
Money moves
No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions cut 3.6% from their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (17 bought, 17 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$2.39+2.6% that day
Company value
$45M
Share price times all shares
Price vs sales
0.07x
No profit over the last year, so this compares value with sales instead
Cash vs value
77%
A big cushion: cash is a large part of what the company is worth
From CATO's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Aug '26
$165.5M-6.2% vs a year earlier
Oct '23Tap a barAug '26
Last 12 months: $643.7M, down 1.1% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 2.6% a year.
What the price assumes
Your guesses, our math
Move the sliders to your own view of CATO. Starting points are the company's recent numbers (it isn't profitable yet, so the margin starts at a 10% guess).
Sales in 5 years$612M
Profit in 5 years$61M
Price these guesses point to$53.46+2137% vs $2.39 todayAbout +86% a year, before dividends
What today's price needs: with a 10% margin and a 15x P/E, sales could shrink about 47% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.
Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.
1/5Weak
MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-3.7%
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-0.9%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.6 of 10 years
MissFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.-$5.2M
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-5.7% in 3 years
Revenue
$653.8M
+0.6% vs prior year
5-year growth
+2.6%/yr
revenue, per year
Current ratio
1.24x
short-term assets / bills due
Free cash flow
-$5.2M
-0.8% of revenue
From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: debt under half of equity, gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Aug 1, 2026
Reported Aug 25
Revenue
$165.5M
-6.2% YoY
EPS
$0.06
vs $0.35
Op. margin
-0.4%
-3.5 pts
Gross margin
33.4%
-3.4 pts
Free cash flow
$13.1M
Share count
+1.0%
vs a year ago
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trend
No trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
This week
0
Normal week
0.5
vs normal
0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady-3.6%
Institutions cut 3.6% from their holdings. 17 bought, 17 sold. 2 quarters of net selling in a row.
Shares held by institutions5.8M
Sep '24Jun '26
Safety check
From SEC filings
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
-0.7%
Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
288 months
Shares outstandingLatest reported
19M
Why low risk
Losing money
Earnings reports
Last 12
Next reportAround Nov 23 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
Results filedAug 25
Results filedMay 26
Results filedMar 23
Results filedNov 24, 2025
Results filedAug 26, 2025
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days