CATO · Cato Corp

$2.92 -0.12 (-3.95%) At close · Aug 21

Market Cap

$58.28M

19.96M

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.

Model estimate

Expected Aug 14 short interest

as of Aug 14

397,657 -1.9% vs reported

The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Aug 25. Methodology

Short Squeeze Score

41/100

Short interest 2.0% of shares — P51 Days to cover 2.9 — P47 Price vs VWAP -9.8% — P24 Short-volume trend -2.3% — P41 Short interest change -1.5% — P49 Worst FTD 0.00% of shares — P21

Peer-relative percentile rank across all stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-07-31). Weighted mean of the available factors (short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, fails-to-deliver 10%) plus catalyst boosts (price spike, volume surge, earnings within days), capped at +20 and clamped to 100.

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Short Interest History

Settlement Date	Current Position	Previous Position	Change	Avg Daily Volume	Days to Cover
2026-08-31 Scheduled FINRA publishes Sep 10	—	—	—	—	—
2026-08-14 Scheduled FINRA publishes Aug 25	—	—	—	—	—
2026-07-31	405,306	411,308	-6,002	138,119	2.93
2026-07-15	411,308	424,077	-12,769	86,590	4.75
2026-06-30	424,077	429,792	-5,715	29,756	14.25
2026-06-15	429,792	485,361	-55,569	99,025	4.34
2026-05-29	485,361	473,581	+11,780	144,183	3.37
2026-05-15	473,581	404,720	+68,861	57,775	8.20
2026-04-30	404,720	383,879	+20,841	35,514	11.40
2026-04-15	383,879	360,595	+23,284	71,751	5.35
2026-03-31	360,595	357,347	+3,248	80,220	4.50
2026-03-13	357,347	357,216	+131	48,075	7.43
2026-02-27	357,216	359,805	-2,589	34,617	10.32
2026-02-13	359,805	355,012	+4,793	55,499	6.48
2026-01-30	355,012	370,160	-15,148	70,983	5.00
2026-01-15	370,160	348,036	+22,124	59,394	6.23
2025-12-31	348,036	355,548	-7,512	64,163	5.42
2025-12-15	355,548	366,333	-10,785	40,454	8.79
2025-11-28	366,333	357,104	+9,229	49,692	7.37
2025-11-14	357,104	355,452	+1,652	59,726	5.98
2025-10-31	355,452	396,861	-41,409	91,273	3.89
2025-10-15	396,861	480,926	-84,065	51,020	7.78
2025-09-30	480,926	471,457	+9,469	47,561	10.11
2025-09-15	471,457	438,178	+33,279	79,175	5.95
2025-08-29	438,178	408,471	+29,707	330,578	1.33

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