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Cato (CATO) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Cato (CATO) has 16 years of Gross Margin data on record, last reported at 32.74% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin rose 318.0% year-over-year to 32.74%; the TTM value through Nov 2025 reached 33.77%, up 9.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 32.84%, 159.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 32.74% in Q4 2025 per CATO's latest filing, down from 36.85% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 43.88% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 27.75% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 34.57%, with a median of 35.09% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: soared 2444bps in 2021, then plummeted -1173bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 39.48% in 2021, then fell by -30bps to 27.75% in 2022, then grew by 19bps to 33.13% in 2023, then dropped by -11bps to 29.56% in 2024, then grew by 11bps to 32.74% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Gross Margin were 32.74% in Q4 2025, 36.85% in Q3 2025, and 35.79% in Q2 2025.