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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.

  • Quarterly results put Operating Margin at 77.92% for Q1 2026, up 463.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 68.53% (up 269.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 67.15%, up 452.0%.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 was 77.92% at Cato, down from 73.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for CATO hit a ceiling of 58.31% in Q2 2022 and a floor of 82.55% in Q1 2025.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 65.19% (2022), compared with a mean of 69.4%.
  • Peak annual rise in Operating Margin hit 1528bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -1721bps in 2022.
  • Cato's Operating Margin stood at 76.93% in 2022, then rose by 2bps to 75.16% in 2023, then dropped by -10bps to 82.43% in 2024, then rose by 11bps to 73.2% in 2025, then fell by -6bps to 77.92% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 77.92% (Q1 2026), 73.2% (Q4 2025), and 61.14% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.