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Cato (CATO) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported EBITDA Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 7.16% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put EBITDA Margin at 7.16% for Q1 2026, up 190.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.89% (up 195.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.89%, up 196.0%.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 was 7.16% at Cato, down from 3.36% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBITDA Margin for CATO hit a ceiling of 5.83% in Q2 2024 and a floor of 13.08% in Q1 2024.
  • Median EBITDA Margin over the past 5 years was 1.26% (2023), compared with a mean of 2.15%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBITDA Margin: crashed -1181bps in 2024 and later skyrocketed 716bps in 2025.
  • Cato's EBITDA Margin stood at 2.91% in 2022, then decreased by -29bps to 3.75% in 2023, then plummeted by -181bps to 10.53% in 2024, then surged by 68bps to 3.36% in 2025, then crashed by -113bps to 7.16% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBITDA Margin were 7.16% (Q1 2026), 3.36% (Q4 2025), and 3.95% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.