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Cato (CATO) Net Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported Net Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 7.14% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Net Margin at 7.14% for Q1 2026, up 191.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.9% (up 190.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.9%, up 191.0%.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 was 7.14% at Cato, down from 3.38% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Net Margin for CATO hit a ceiling of 6.29% in Q2 2024 and a floor of 13.61% in Q1 2024.
  • Median Net Margin over the past 5 years was 1.74% (2023), compared with a mean of 2.15%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Net Margin: tumbled -1187bps in 2024 and later soared 705bps in 2025.
  • Cato's Net Margin stood at 2.55% in 2022, then plummeted by -52bps to 3.88% in 2023, then crashed by -169bps to 10.42% in 2024, then surged by 68bps to 3.38% in 2025, then tumbled by -112bps to 7.14% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Net Margin were 7.14% (Q1 2026), 3.38% (Q4 2025), and 3.91% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.