Cato Ownership | Who Owns Cato?

Cato Ownership Summary

Cato is owned by 14.22% institutional investors, 16.68% insiders, and 69.10% retail investors. Aldebaran capital is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 5.63% of CATO shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.79% of its assets in Cato shares.

CATO Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Cato	14.22%	16.68%	69.10%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	32.93%	14.23%	52.84%
Industry	Apparel Retail Stocks	44.89%	15.44%	39.67%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Aldebaran capital	1.04M	5.63%	$3.22M
Vanguard group	809.23K	4.37%	$2.50M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	707.99K	3.82%	$2.19M
Peapod lane capital	696.47K	3.76%	$2.15M
Renaissance	530.60K	2.86%	$1.64M
Blackrock	461.33K	2.38%	$2.56M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	388.28K	2.10%	$1.20M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	294.90K	1.58%	$1.24M
Prescott group capital management	224.77K	1.21%	$694.53K
Rbf capital	193.29K	1.03%	$813.75K

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Aldebaran capital	1.04M	2.89%	$3.22M
Peapod lane capital	696.47K	1.83%	$2.15M
Prescott group capital management	224.77K	0.06%	$694.53K
Rbf capital	193.29K	0.04%	$813.75K
Aristides capital	39.14K	0.02%	$120.93K
Verum partners	32.51K	0.02%	$100.45K
Gsa capital partners llp	52.89K	0.01%	$163.00K
Bridgeway capital management	129.40K	0.01%	$544.77K
Founders capital management	3.00K	0.00%	$9.27K
Yacktman asset management lp	105.44K	0.00%	$325.82K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Prescott group capital management	224.77K	0.06%	156.94K
Peapod lane capital	696.47K	1.83%	37.16K
Squarepoint ops	49.28K	0.00%	31.43K
Aqr capital management	18.48K	0.00%	18.48K
Simplex trading	16.96K	-	16.96K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Blackrock	461.33K	0.00%	-995.29K
Acuitas investments	-	-	-508.45K
Gratia capital	-	-	-328.18K
Segall bryant & hamill	-	-	-214.56K
Nuveen asset management	-	-	-183.27K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Aqr capital management	18.48K	0.00%	18.48K	$102.35K
Simplex trading	16.96K	-	16.96K	$52.41K
Macquarie group	896.00	-	896.00	$4.96K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Wells fargo & company/mn	-1.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-3.00
Citigroup	-15.00
Innealta capital	-17.00
Farther finance advisors	-20.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	19	-61.22%	2,634,781	-54.90%	14	1.45%	6	-70.00%	8	-46.67%
Sep 30, 2025	16	-62.79%	4,130,743	-30.66%	22	2.17%	6	-33.33%	5	-79.17%
Jun 30, 2025	47	-2.08%	6,066,072	-5.10%	32	2.94%	11	22.22%	25	4.17%
Mar 31, 2025	1	-98.31%	115,021	-98.37%	-	0.04%	-	-100.00%	1	-96.30%
Dec 31, 2024	22	-66.67%	2,836,793	-63.36%	14	0.76%	7	-70.83%	8	-71.43%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	552.77K	2.79%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	536.79K	2.72%	-11.73K
DFA US Targeted Value I	188.54K	0.96%	-
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	175.70K	0.89%	-80.06K
US Equity Small Cap Corporate Cl OF	105.24K	0.52%	-
Dimensional US Targeted Value ETF	99.20K	0.50%	-
DFA US Micro Cap I	96.75K	0.49%	-
US Equity Small Cap Pool A	97.68K	0.49%	-
Fidelity Extended Market Index	90.39K	0.46%	-744.00
WisdomTree US SmallCap Dividend ETF	91.14K	0.44%	154.00

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 17, 2023	PATRICK BAILEY W	-	Sell	$19.18K
Nov 17, 2023	PATRICK BAILEY W	-	Sell	$1.37K
Nov 25, 2022	CATO JOHN P D	CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT/CEO	Buy	$31.14K
Nov 22, 2021	PATRICK BAILEY W	-	Buy	$49.83K
Jan 02, 2019	STOWE DANIEL HARDING	-	Buy	$927.74

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2024 Q2	-	-
2023 Q4	-	2
2023 Q2	-	-
2022 Q4	1	-
2022 Q2	-	-

CATO Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Cato?

Cato shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 14.22%, followed by 16.68% insiders and 69.10% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Cato's industry, Apparel Retail Stocks, is 44.89%, which Cato falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Cato?

Cato’s largest shareholders are Aldebaran capital (1.04M shares, 5.63%), Vanguard group (809.23K shares, 4.37%), and Dimensional fund advisors lp (707.99K shares, 3.82%). Together, they hold 13.81% of Cato’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Cato?

Yes, BlackRock owns 2.38% of Cato, totaling 461.33K shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 2.56M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -995K shares, a -68.33% change.

Who is Cato’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Aldebaran capital is Cato’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 2.89% of its assets in 1.04M Cato shares, valued at 3.22M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Cato shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Cato shares, with 2.79% of its total shares outstanding invested in 552.77K Cato shares.

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