Growth Metrics

Cato (CATO) EBIAT (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported EBIAT over the past 17 years, most recently at -$10.9 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put EBIAT at -$10.9 million for Q1 2026, up 22.71% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was -$5.9 million (up 67.28% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was -$5.9 million, up 67.28%.
  • EBIAT for Q1 2026 was -$10.9 million at Cato, down from -$5.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBIAT for CATO hit a ceiling of $11.0 million in Q2 2024 and a floor of -$23.4 million in Q1 2024.
  • Median EBIAT over the past 5 years was -$3.0 million (2023), compared with a mean of -$3.2 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBIAT: plummeted 682.95% in 2024 and later soared 7091.58% in 2025.
  • Cato's EBIAT stood at -$4.5 million in 2022, then tumbled by 36.47% to -$6.1 million in 2023, then tumbled by 148.05% to -$15.1 million in 2024, then surged by 65.58% to -$5.2 million in 2025, then crashed by 109.31% to -$10.9 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBIAT were -$10.9 million (Q1 2026), -$5.2 million (Q4 2025), and $6.8 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.