secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CATO CORP (CATO)
CIK:        0000018255
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-26T18:00:21+00:00
Accession:  0001562762-26-000069
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cato Q1 net income $9.3M ($0.47 EPS) vs $3.3M last year; same-store sales +3%
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- Net income $9.3M ($0.47 diluted EPS) vs $3.3M ($0.17) prior-year Q1; revenue $169.5M (+0.7%).
- Same-store sales up 3%; gross margin 37.2% (35.1%) boosted by $5.7M pre-tax IEEPA tariff refund claim.
- Company repurchased 107,823 shares during the quarter; store count 1,065 (down 44 YoY).
- Shareholders re-elected three directors, approved executive compensation, and ratified PwC as auditor.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18255/000156276226000069/0001562762-26-000069-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18255/000156276226000069/cato-20260521.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001562762-26-000069

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