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Cato (CATO) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported FCF Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 3.68% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Margin at 3.68% for Q1 2026, up 42.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.81% (up 231.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.8%, up 233.0%.
  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 was 3.68% at Cato, up from 9.73% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for CATO hit a ceiling of 6.71% in Q3 2025 and a floor of 13.39% in Q1 2023.
  • Median FCF Margin over the past 5 years was 1.08% (2024), compared with a mean of 2.54%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Margin: crashed -2332bps in 2022 and later surged 1231bps in 2024.
  • Cato's FCF Margin stood at 0.96% in 2022, then plummeted by -1206bps to 12.51% in 2023, then increased by 2bps to 12.27% in 2024, then grew by 21bps to 9.73% in 2025, then skyrocketed by 62bps to 3.68% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Margin were 3.68% (Q1 2026), 9.73% (Q4 2025), and 6.71% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.