Cato (CATO) Tax Provisions (2010 - 2026)

Cato's (CATO) quarterly Tax Provisions came in at $500000.0 in Q2 2026, down 46.12% year-on-year from $928000.0 in Q2 2025, and up 145.83% quarter-over-quarter from -$1.1 million in Q1 2026.

Cato (CATO) Tax Provisions (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cato's Tax Provisions history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $500000.0 for Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Provisions fell 46.12% year-over-year to $500000.0 in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was -$2.0 million, a 191.51% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at -$1.6 million, down 181.84% from the prior year.
  • Tax Provisions grew to $500000.0 in Q2 2026 per CATO's latest filing, from -$1.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Tax Provisions topped out at $10.9 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at -$4.7 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Provisions is $422000.0 (2025), against an average of $712222.2.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Provisions slumped 749.48% in 2023 and surged 977.06% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Tax Provisions stood at -$4.7 million in 2022, then climbed by 8.25% to -$4.3 million in 2023, then jumped by 107.54% to $322000.0 in 2024, then plunged by 461.18% to -$1.2 million in 2025, then soared by 142.99% to $500000.0 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest CATO Tax Provisions figures stand at $500000.0 (Q2 2026), -$1.1 million (Q1 2026), and -$1.2 million (Q4 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Taxes (Qtr)
1 Tjx Companies 169.48 Bn 163.90 Bn 4.48 Bn 389.00 Mn
2 Ross Stores 74.91 Bn 70.31 Bn 1.80 Bn 202.40 Mn
3 Burlington Stores 21.30 Bn 20.55 Bn 1.26 Bn 27.93 Mn
4 Lululemon Athletica 12.32 Bn 10.51 Bn 2.00 Bn 226.39 Mn
5 Gap 6.81 Bn 4.25 Bn 1.42 Bn 111.00 Mn
6 Victoria's Secret 6.71 Bn 6.55 Bn 585.00 Mn 7.00 Mn
7 Urban Outfitters 5.96 Bn 5.55 Bn 542.57 Mn 30.16 Mn
8 Boot Barn Holdings 4.50 Bn 4.30 Bn 281.24 Mn 28.94 Mn
9 Abercrombie & Fitch 4.04 Bn 3.43 Bn 682.63 Mn 25.97 Mn
10 Cato 61.54 Mn 3.30 Mn 63.07 Mn 500,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 2, 2026 500,000.00
Jan 31, 2026 -1.09 Mn
Nov 1, 2025 -1.16 Mn
Aug 2, 2025 -293,000.00
May 3, 2025 928,000.00
Feb 1, 2025 344,000.00
Nov 2, 2024 322,000.00
Aug 3, 2024 643,000.00
May 4, 2024 600,000.00
Feb 3, 2024 10.94 Mn
Oct 28, 2023 -4.27 Mn
Jul 29, 2023 1.33 Mn
Apr 29, 2023 2.10 Mn
Jan 28, 2023 -1.25 Mn
Oct 29, 2022 -4.66 Mn
Jul 30, 2022 5.69 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 1.95 Mn
Jan 29, 2022 192,000.00
Oct 30, 2021 -5.71 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 4.56 Mn