Cato price to book ratio CATO

Market value divided by the book value of the company's net assets, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 0.3×
10-year median: 0.9×
Against its 10-year history: 0th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 0.3× to 2.2×
Peer median: 1.0×

Cato's price to book ratio is 0.3× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 0.9×, lower than on 100% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 0.3× in Oct 2026 to 2.2× in Nov 2016.

The median for 8 apparel retail stocks of a similar size is 1.0×.

Price to book ratio over time

median 0.9×

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
2026 so far	0.3×	0.3×	0.4×
2025	0.4×	0.3×	0.5×
2024	0.5×	0.4×	0.7×
2023	0.7×	0.6×	0.9×
2022	0.8×	0.8×	1.4×
2021	1.4×	0.9×	1.6×
2020	0.9×	0.6×	1.3×
2019	1.3×	0.9×	1.4×
2018	1.1×	0.8×	1.9×
2017	1.1×	0.9×	1.8×
2016	2.0×	1.8×	2.8×
2015	2.5×	2.3×	3.3×
2014	3.1×	2.0×	3.1×
2013	2.3×	1.8×	2.6×
2012	1.9×	1.9×	2.3×
2011	1.9×	1.8×	2.1×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to book ratio
CATOCato	0.3×
TLYSTilly'S	1.5×
DLTHDuluth	0.8×
VNCEVince	2.6×
ZUMZZumiez	0.8×
DBIDesigner Brands	1.1×
CTRNCiti Trends	3.0×
SHOEShoe Station	0.6×
GCOGenesco	0.7×
Peer median	1.0×

What the price to book ratio tells you

Market value divided by the accounting value of the company's net assets. Below 1 means the market values the business at less than what it owns on paper.

Book value misses brands, software and people, so asset-light companies always look expensive on it. Most useful for banks and industrials.

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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.