Growth Metrics

Cato (CATO) Net Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Net Margin for Cato (CATO) over the last 16 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 3.34%.

  • Cato's Net Margin rose 69700.0% to 3.34% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Nov 2025 it was 1.38%, marking a year-over-year increase of 27300.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 2.78% for FY2025, which is 6000.0% up from last year.
  • Per Cato's latest filing, its Net Margin stood at 3.34% for Q4 2025, which was up 69700.0% from 3.87% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Cato's Net Margin's 5-year high stood at 9.72% during Q2 2021, with a 5-year trough of 13.39% in Q1 2024.
  • Its 5-year average for Net Margin is 0.65%, with a median of 0.55% in 2022.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Cato's Net Margin surged by 379300bps in 2021 and then plummeted by -117200bps in 2024.
  • Over the past 5 years, Cato's Net Margin (Quarter) stood at 5.0% in 2021, then plummeted by -150bps to 2.52% in 2022, then tumbled by -52bps to 3.84% in 2023, then tumbled by -169bps to 10.31% in 2024, then surged by 68bps to 3.34% in 2025.
  • Its Net Margin was 3.34% in Q4 2025, compared to 3.87% in Q3 2025 and 1.94% in Q2 2025.