Growth Metrics

Cato (CATO) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Gross Margin for Cato (CATO) over the last 16 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 32.74%.

  • Cato's Gross Margin rose 31800.0% to 32.74% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Nov 2025 it was 33.77%, marking a year-over-year increase of 2600.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 32.84% for FY2025, which is 15900.0% down from last year.
  • Per Cato's latest filing, its Gross Margin stood at 32.74% for Q4 2025, which was up 31800.0% from 36.85% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Cato's Gross Margin registered a high of 44.36% during Q3 2021, and its lowest value of 29.16% during Q1 2025.
  • In the last 5 years, Cato's Gross Margin had a median value of 35.49% in 2023 and averaged 34.93%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Cato's Gross Margin surged by 249500bps in 2021 and then tumbled by -112900bps in 2022.
  • Cato's Gross Margin (Quarter) stood at 39.48% in 2021, then decreased by -24bps to 29.94% in 2022, then rose by 11bps to 33.13% in 2023, then decreased by -11bps to 29.56% in 2024, then rose by 11bps to 32.74% in 2025.
  • Its Gross Margin stands at 32.74% for Q4 2025, versus 36.85% for Q3 2025 and 35.79% for Q2 2025.