---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-26-000039"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "CATO"
cik: "0000018255"
company_name: "CATO CORP"
filed_at: "2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:03:17.101978+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cato reports Q4 net loss of $10.7M; full-year loss narrows to $5.9M

## Summary
- Q4 net loss $10.7M ($0.55 per share) vs loss $14.1M year ago; sales $150.0M, down 3.4%
- Full-year net loss $5.9M ($0.31 per share) vs loss $18.1M prior year; sales $646.8M, up 0.7%
- Q4 same-store sales flat; full-year same-store sales up 4%.
- Gross margin improved to 29.2% in Q4 (from 28.0%) and 33.3% for year (from 32.0%).
- Closed 48 stores in 2025; plans to open up to 10 and close up to 40 in 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-26-000039
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: CATO
- cik: 0000018255
- company_name: CATO CORP
- filed_at: 2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18255/000156276226000039/0001562762-26-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18255/000156276226000039/cato8kaq4_2025.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CATO CORP reported fourth quarter ended January 31, 2026 results: revenue $150.0 million, net income ($10.7) million, EPS ($0.55) per diluted share.
  - Period: fourth quarter ended January 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $150.0 million
  - Net income: ($10.7) million
  - EPS: ($0.55) per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: million or ($0.31) per diluted share compared to a net loss of ($18.1) million or ($0.97) per diluted share for 2024. Sales for the fourth quarter ended January 31, 2026 were $150.0 million, a decrease of 3.4% from sales of $155.3 million for the fourth quarter ended February 1, 2025. Same-store sales for the fourth quarter were flat compared to 2024. For the year,
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18255/000156276226000039/0001562762-26-000039-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CATO CORP reported full-year fiscal 2025 results: revenue $646.8 million, net income ($5.9) million, EPS ($0.31) per diluted share.
  - Period: full-year fiscal 2025
  - Revenue: $646.8 million
  - Net income: ($5.9) million
  - EPS: ($0.31) per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: million for the fourth quarter ended February 1, 2025. Same-store sales for the fourth quarter were flat compared to 2024. For the year, the Company's sales increased 0.7% to $646.8 million from 2024 sales of $642.1 million. Year-to-date same-store sales increased 4% compared to 2024. "Compared to 2024, our fiscal 2025 sales trend was encouraging although 2024 was
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18255/000156276226000039/0001562762-26-000039-index.htm

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