secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CATO CORP (CATO)
CIK:        0000018255
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001562762-26-000039
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18255/000156276226000039/0001562762-26-000039-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18255/000156276226000039/cato8kaq4_2025.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562762-26-000039

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