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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.

  • For Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 191.0% year-over-year to 7.14%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.9%, up 190.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.9%, 191.0% up from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 was 7.14% at Cato, down from 3.38% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 6.29% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 13.61% in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 2.15% and a median of 1.74% in 2023 define the central range for Net Margin.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Net Margin: crashed -1187bps in 2024 and later skyrocketed 705bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Net Margin stood at 2.55% in 2022, then tumbled by -52bps to 3.88% in 2023, then plummeted by -169bps to 10.42% in 2024, then soared by 68bps to 3.38% in 2025, then crashed by -112bps to 7.14% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Net Margin for CATO at 7.14% in Q1 2026, 3.38% in Q4 2025, and 3.91% in Q3 2025.