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Cato (CATO) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 17 years, most recently at -$5.6 million for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Free Cash Flow at -$5.6 million for Q1 2026, up 12.42% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was -$5.2 million (up 73.98% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was -$5.2 million, up 73.98%.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q1 2026 was -$5.6 million at Cato, up from -$15.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for CATO hit a ceiling of $11.8 million in Q3 2022 and a floor of -$23.0 million in Q1 2023.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was -$1.9 million (2024), compared with a mean of -$3.8 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: plummeted 1069.93% in 2023 and later skyrocketed 1095.08% in 2025.
  • Cato's Free Cash Flow stood at -$1.7 million in 2022, then plummeted by 1069.93% to -$19.6 million in 2023, then grew by 9.51% to -$17.7 million in 2024, then rose by 15.72% to -$15.0 million in 2025, then skyrocketed by 62.7% to -$5.6 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were -$5.6 million (Q1 2026), -$15.0 million (Q4 2025), and $11.7 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.