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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.

  • For Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 97.0% year-over-year to 7.86%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 1.16%, up 135.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 1.15%, 136.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q1 2026 was 7.86% at Cato, down from 4.13% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, EBT Margin peaked at 6.63% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 10.2% in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 1.79% and a median of 2.46% in 2023 define the central range for EBT Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBT Margin: tumbled -727bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 607bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, EBT Margin stood at 5.21% in 2022, then dropped by -27bps to 6.61% in 2023, then tumbled by -54bps to 10.2% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 59bps to 4.13% in 2025, then tumbled by -90bps to 7.86% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows EBT Margin for CATO at 7.86% in Q1 2026, 4.13% in Q4 2025, and 3.74% in Q3 2025.