Cato (CATO) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)
Cato's (CATO) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 37.23% in Q2 2026, up 144.0% year-on-year from 15.26% in Q2 2025, and up 27.6% quarter-over-quarter from 29.18% in Q1 2026.
Cato (CATO) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cato's Gross Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 37.23% for Q2 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 144.0% year-over-year to 37.23% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 34.03%, a 160.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 33.28%, up 45.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin improved to 37.23% in Q2 2026 per CATO's latest filing, from 29.18% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 37.82% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 28.94% in Q1 2024.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 34.26% (2023), against an average of 33.58%.
- Biggest YoY gain for Gross Margin was 696 bps in 2022; the steepest drop was 1080 bps in 2022.
- Year by year, Gross Margin stood at 29.25% in 2022, then gained by 11 bps to 32.45% in 2023, then slipped by 9 bps to 29.56% in 2024, then advanced by 8 bps to 32.02% in 2025, then climbed by 16 bps to 37.23% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest CATO Gross Margin figures stand at 37.23% (Q2 2026), 29.18% (Q1 2026), and 32.02% (Q4 2025).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tjx Companies | 174.20 Bn | 168.62 Bn | 4.48 Bn | 31.28% |
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| 4 | Lululemon Athletica | 14.02 Bn | 12.22 Bn | 2.00 Bn | 54.87% |
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| 7 | Urban Outfitters | 6.35 Bn | 5.93 Bn | 542.57 Mn | 36.63% |
| 8 | Boot Barn Holdings | 4.70 Bn | 4.50 Bn | 281.24 Mn | 39.86% |
| 9 | Abercrombie & Fitch | 4.44 Bn | 3.82 Bn | 682.63 Mn | 61.29% |
| 10 | Cato | 60.03 Mn | 1.80 Mn | 63.07 Mn | 37.23% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | 37.23% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 29.18% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 32.02% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 36.85% |
| May 3, 2025 | 35.79% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 29.16% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 29.56% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 34.63% |
| May 4, 2024 | 36.47% |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 28.94% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 32.45% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 35.68% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 36.43% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 33.88% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 29.25% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 33.08% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 36.03% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 37.82% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 38.88% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 43.88% |