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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.

  • For Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin rose 190.0% year-over-year to 7.16%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.89%, up 195.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.89%, 196.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 was 7.16% at Cato, down from 3.36% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 5.83% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 13.08% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 2.15% and a median of 1.26% in 2023 define the central range for EBITDA Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBITDA Margin: plummeted -1181bps in 2024 and later surged 716bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, EBITDA Margin stood at 2.91% in 2022, then fell by -29bps to 3.75% in 2023, then tumbled by -181bps to 10.53% in 2024, then soared by 68bps to 3.36% in 2025, then plummeted by -113bps to 7.16% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows EBITDA Margin for CATO at 7.16% in Q1 2026, 3.36% in Q4 2025, and 3.95% in Q3 2025.