Cato (CATO) Tax Rate (2010 - 2026)

Cato's Tax Rate history runs 17 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 5.09% for Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 1682.0% year-over-year to 5.09% in Q2 2026; TTM through May 2026 was 107.4%, a 11692.0% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 21.21%, up 3328.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate declined to 5.09% in Q2 2026 per CATO's latest filing, from 9.15% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 166.49% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 87.63% in Q1 2024.
• The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 17.49% (2022), against an average of 24.33%.
• Across the five-year window, Tax Rate soared 24880 bps in 2022 and sank 11705 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 51.11% in 2022, then declined by 19 bps to 41.28% in 2023, then tumbled by 105 bps to 2.18% in 2024, then surged by 939 bps to 18.31% in 2025, then plunged by 72 bps to 5.09% in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest CATO Tax Rate figures stand at 5.09% (Q2 2026), 9.15% (Q1 2026), and 18.31% (Q4 2025).