secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CATO CORP (CATO)
CIK:        0000018255
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001562762-26-000036
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cato Q4 net loss $10.7M, sales $150.0M; full-year loss narrows to $5.9M
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- Net loss of $10.7M ($0.55/diluted share) vs net loss of $14.1M ($0.74) in Q4 last year.
- Sales $150.0M, down 3.4% YoY; same-store sales flat for the quarter.
- Full-year net loss $5.9M ($0.31/diluted share) vs $18.1M loss prior year; sales up 0.7% to $646.8M.
- Gross margin improved to 29.2% in Q4 (vs 28.0% prior year); full-year margin 33.3% (vs 32.0%).
- Store count reduced by 48 to 1,069; plans to open up to 10 and close up to 40 stores in 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18255/000156276226000036/0001562762-26-000036-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18255/000156276226000036/cato-20260319.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562762-26-000036

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