Cato (CATO) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Cato (CATO) recorded quarterly Operating Margin of 57.97% in Q2 2026, up 32.99% quarter-over-quarter from 86.51% in Q1 2026, and up 376.0% on a YoY basis from 12.18% in Q2 2025.
Cato (CATO) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Cato's Operating Margin history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 57.97% for Q2 2026.
- In Q2 2026, Operating Margin rose 376.0% year-over-year to 57.97%; the TTM figure through May 2026 stood at 68.9% (up 300.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 68.96%, up 69.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin was 57.97% for Q2 2026 at Cato, up from 86.51% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 57.97% in Q2 2026 to a low of 86.51% in Q1 2026.
- Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 69.67% across 5 years, with a median of 67.07% in 2022.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Operating Margin tumbled 1848 bps in 2022, then jumped 924 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 75.22% in 2022, then gained by 0 bps to 75.16% in 2023, then slipped by 10 bps to 82.43% in 2024, then increased by 11 bps to 73.2% in 2025, then gained by 21 bps to 57.97% in 2026.
- The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 57.97% (Q2 2026), 86.51% (Q1 2026), and 73.2% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| 9 | Abercrombie & Fitch | 3.57 Bn | 2.80 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 14.13% |
| 10 | Cato | 59.84 Mn | -21.13 Mn | 63.07 Mn | -57.97% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| May 2, 2026 | -57.97% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | -86.51% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | -73.20% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | -61.14% |
| May 3, 2025 | -61.72% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | -79.53% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | -82.43% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | -65.94% |
| May 4, 2024 | -58.60% |
| Feb 3, 2024 | -83.16% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | -75.16% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | -62.97% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | -61.61% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | -77.28% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | -75.22% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | -65.19% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -58.31% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | -68.20% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | -60.43% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | -46.71% |