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Cato (CATO) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported Operating Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 77.92% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Operating Margin rose 463.0% year-over-year to 77.92%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 68.53%, up 269.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 67.15%, 452.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 was 77.92% at Cato, down from 73.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 58.31% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 82.55% in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 69.4% and a median of 65.19% in 2022 define the central range for Operating Margin.
  • On a YoY basis, Operating Margin climbed as much as 1528bps in 2022 and fell as far as -1721bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 76.93% in 2022, then grew by 2bps to 75.16% in 2023, then decreased by -10bps to 82.43% in 2024, then grew by 11bps to 73.2% in 2025, then dropped by -6bps to 77.92% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for CATO at 77.92% in Q1 2026, 73.2% in Q4 2025, and 61.14% in Q3 2025.