Cato PE ratio CATO

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2013.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: n/m; losses over the last year
Last meaningful: 23.2×; Nov 2022
10-year median: 13.6×
10-year range: 6.1× to 178×
Peer median: 21.8×

Cato has no meaningful PE ratio today: it lost $0.31 a share over the last twelve months, and a PE needs earnings.

It was last meaningful in Nov 2022, at 23.2×.

On the days it had one over the last ten years, its median was 13.6×, from 6.1× in Apr 2020 to 178× in Jul 2021.

PE ratio over time

median 13.6×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2022	23.2×	7.4×	27.1×
2021	11.0×	9.8×	178×
2020	6.6×	6.1×	11.9×
2019	11.8×	10.6×	21.2×
2018	19.3×	18.3×	70.4×
2017	35.4×	8.5×	35.5×
2016	11.7×	11.3×	17.5×
2015	16.0×	14.9×	23.1×
2014	21.7×	13.3×	21.7×
2013	15.5×	11.9×	17.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Apparel - Retail nearest Cato's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
CATOCato	n/m
TLYSTilly'S	69.0×
DLTHDuluth	28.2×
VNCEVince	20.9×
ZUMZZumiez	19.1×
DBIDesigner Brands	22.7×
CTRNCiti Trends	54.7×
SHOEShoe Station	16.1×
GCOGenesco	9.5×
Peer median	21.8×

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.