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Cato (CATO) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported Gross Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 29.94% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 29.94% for Q1 2026, up 197.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 33.45% (up 124.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 33.99%, up 196.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 was 29.94% at Cato, down from 32.02% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for CATO hit a ceiling of 39.65% in Q1 2022 and a floor of 27.97% in Q1 2025.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 33.08% (2022), compared with a mean of 33.13%.
  • Peak annual rise in Gross Margin hit 878bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -1080bps in 2022.
  • Cato's Gross Margin stood at 29.25% in 2022, then increased by 11bps to 32.45% in 2023, then fell by -11bps to 28.82% in 2024, then rose by 11bps to 32.02% in 2025, then fell by -6bps to 29.94% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 29.94% (Q1 2026), 32.02% (Q4 2025), and 36.18% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.