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Cato (CATO) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported Return on Sales over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.07% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.07% for Q1 2026, up 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.01% (up 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 0.01%, up 2.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 was 0.07% at Cato, down from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for CATO hit a ceiling of 0.06% in Q2 2024 and a floor of 0.14% in Q1 2024.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.02% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.02%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: decreased -12bps in 2024 and later grew 7bps in 2025.
  • Cato's Return on Sales stood at 0.03% in 2022, then plummeted by -52bps to 0.04% in 2023, then crashed by -169bps to 0.1% in 2024, then surged by 68bps to 0.03% in 2025, then tumbled by -112bps to 0.07% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.07% (Q1 2026), 0.03% (Q4 2025), and 0.04% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.