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Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 19.0M shares outstanding

Who owns CATO?

By type of holder
Institutions 30.8% Insiders 0.0% Everyone else 69.2%
Concentration Top 10 holders own 25.9%
Aldebaran Capital, LLC 6.2% · Peapod Lane Capital LLC 4.1%
Institutional ownership
30.8%
-1.2 pts vs last qtr
Institutional holders
43
-1 vs last qtr
Net shares bought
−219.5K
by institutions in Q2 2026
New / sold out
4 / 5
positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026
  • Marquette Asset Management, LLC NEW +103.3K
  • NewEdge Advisors, LLC NEW +42.4K

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Biggest sellers in Q2 2026
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors LP −129.8K
  • Two Sigma Investments, LP SOLD OUT −69.9K

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Who is planning to sell?

No insider has filed a notice of proposed sale (Form 144) for Cato Corp in the last 12 months.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2017–FY2026
−30.0%
−3.89% a year
Each share's claim on the business
+42.9%
grew without buying or selling a share
Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock
$169M vs $36.9M
over 10 fiscal years
Diluted shares, split-adjusted
18.2M22.7M27.1M2017: 26.8M shares'172018: 24.9M shares'182019: 24.0M shares'192020: 23.7M shares'202021: 22.5M shares'212022: 21.1M shares'222023: 19.9M shares'232024: 19.4M shares'242025: 19.2M shares'252026: 18.8M shares'26
Buybacks Stock-based comp
$0$21.3M$42.6M2017 buybacks: $42.6M2017 stock comp: $4.2M'172018 buybacks: $38.9M2018 stock comp: $4.2M'182019 buybacks: $13.3M2019 stock comp: $4.9M'192020 buybacks: $9.6M2020 stock comp: $4.7M'202021 buybacks: $19.7M2021 stock comp: $4.1M'212022 buybacks: $22.0M2022 stock comp: $4.1M'222023 buybacks: $15.2M2023 stock comp: $2.6M'232024 buybacks: $2.6M2024 stock comp: $4.2M'242025 buybacks: $3.9M2025 stock comp: $2.3M'252026 buybacks: $995.0K2026 stock comp: $1.7M'26

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held
5+ years54% 3–5 years21% 1–3 years21% Under 1 year4%
Quarterly turnover
5.4%
of institutional shares changed hands
Top 10 managers, median time held
5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting CATO on Form 13F
AC
Aldebaran Capital, LLC
Shares
1.2M
% of company
6.16%
Change vs last qtr
−6.7K (−0.6%)
Held since
2022
PL
Peapod Lane Capital LLC
Shares
778.9K
% of company
4.10%
Change vs last qtr
+12.1K (+1.6%)
Held since
2024

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting CATO on Form N-PORT; together they hold 8.1% of the company
VT
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund
Vanguard Index Funds
Position value
$1.73M
% of company
2.82%
% of the fund
0.00%
As of
June 30, 2026
VE
Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund
Vanguard Index Funds
Position value
$508K
% of company
0.83%
% of the fund
0.00%
As of
June 30, 2026

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