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Cato (CATO) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported EBT Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 7.86% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put EBT Margin at 7.86% for Q1 2026, up 97.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 1.16% (up 135.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 1.15%, up 136.0%.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 was 7.86% at Cato, down from 4.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBT Margin for CATO hit a ceiling of 6.63% in Q2 2024 and a floor of 10.2% in Q4 2024.
  • Median EBT Margin over the past 5 years was 2.46% (2023), compared with a mean of 1.79%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBT Margin: plummeted -727bps in 2022 and later soared 607bps in 2025.
  • Cato's EBT Margin stood at 5.21% in 2022, then fell by -27bps to 6.61% in 2023, then plummeted by -54bps to 10.2% in 2024, then soared by 59bps to 4.13% in 2025, then plummeted by -90bps to 7.86% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBT Margin were 7.86% (Q1 2026), 4.13% (Q4 2025), and 3.74% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.