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Cato (CATO) Change in Inventory (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported Change in Inventory over the past 17 years, most recently at -$10.4 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Change in Inventory at -$10.4 million for Q1 2026, down 389.64% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was -$27.0 million (down 322.83% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was -$27.0 million, down 322.83%.
  • Change in Inventory for Q1 2026 was -$10.4 million at Cato, down from -$3.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Change in Inventory for CATO hit a ceiling of $34.7 million in Q1 2022 and a floor of -$14.1 million in Q3 2023.
  • Median Change in Inventory over the past 5 years was -$1.3 million (2025), compared with a mean of -$384294.1.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Change in Inventory: surged 22048.1% in 2022 and later crashed 389.64% in 2026.
  • Cato's Change in Inventory stood at $125000.0 in 2022, then skyrocketed by 4823.2% to $6.2 million in 2023, then surged by 81.78% to $11.2 million in 2024, then plummeted by 128.68% to -$3.2 million in 2025, then crashed by 223.22% to -$10.4 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Change in Inventory were -$10.4 million (Q1 2026), -$3.2 million (Q4 2025), and -$12.2 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.