Growth Metrics

Cato (CATO) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Cato has reported Tax Rate over the past 17 years, most recently at 9.15% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Tax Rate at 9.15% for Q1 2026, up 1166.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 21.96% (up 3381.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2026 was 21.21%, up 3328.0%.
  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 was 9.15% at Cato, down from 18.31% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for CATO hit a ceiling of 166.49% in Q3 2022 and a floor of 87.65% in Q1 2024.
  • Median Tax Rate over the past 5 years was 18.31% (2025), compared with a mean of 25.46%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Tax Rate: soared 24880bps in 2022 and later crashed -11708bps in 2024.
  • Cato's Tax Rate stood at 51.11% in 2022, then fell by -19bps to 41.28% in 2023, then plummeted by -105bps to 2.18% in 2024, then soared by 939bps to 18.31% in 2025, then plummeted by -50bps to 9.15% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Tax Rate were 9.15% (Q1 2026), 18.31% (Q4 2025), and 4.48% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.