Skip to content

Cato Corporation CATO Gift Card Breakage — Contract With Customer Liability Revenue Recognized

Similar metrics at other companies

EAT
EATGift card breakage — Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized
$2.2M-31.3%
ThredUp Inc. logo
TDUPGift Card Breakage — Revenue recognized
$1.3M-43.5%
Duluth Holdings Inc. logo
DLTHGift Card Breakage — Increase Decrease In Contract With Customer Liability
-$80K-158%
Build-A-Bear Workshop logo
BBWGift Card Breakage — Revenue
$1.55M-4.6%
Boot Barn Holdings logo
BOOTGift Card Program — Contract With Customer Liability Breakage
$258.75K+7.5%
Chipotle Mexican Grill logo
CMGGift card liability — Breakage revenue
$6.97M+259%

Other financials

Income statement

See full
Revenue$171.1M+0.5%
Gross profit$64.8M+6.3%
Operating income$9.0M+160%
Net income$9.3M+181%
EPS (diluted)$0.47+176%

Balance sheet

See full
Cash & equivalents$28.1M-17.4%
Total debt$145.0M+9.4%
Total equity$166.7M+1.1%
Total assets$439.2M-0.4%

Cash flow

See full
Operating cash flow$8.0M+108%
CapEx$1.1M+4.7%
Free cash flow$7.0M+145%

Valuation

See full
Market cap$64.67M+22.3%
Enterprise value$181.61M+19.9%
P/E710.6×
P/S0.1×0.0×

Profitability

See full
Gross margin34.5%+1.9pp
Operating margin-1.1%-0.5pp
Net margin0%0.0pp
FCF margin-0.2%-0.1pp

Returns & leverage

See full
Return on equity0.1%0.0pp
Debt / equity0.9×+0.1×
Current ratio1.3×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Cato Corporation in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:ContractWithCustomerLiabilityRevenueRecognized.

The official record: Cato Corporation’s 10-K, filed March 25, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Ask your AI about Cato Corporation's gift card breakage — contract with customer liability revenue recognized.

Connect your AI assistant and compare it to peers, right in your chat.

Connect your AI
Harbor at dusk
Claude

Questions, answered.

What is Cato Corporation's gift card breakage — contract with customer liability revenue recognized?
Cato Corporation (CATO) reported gift card breakage — contract with customer liability revenue recognized of $258.5K in Q4 2025.
How has Cato Corporation's gift card breakage — contract with customer liability revenue recognized changed year-over-year?
Cato Corporation's gift card breakage — contract with customer liability revenue recognized decreased by 28.6% year-over-year, from $362K to $258.5K.
What is the long-term trend for Cato Corporation's gift card breakage — contract with customer liability revenue recognized?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Cato Corporation's gift card breakage — contract with customer liability revenue recognized has grown at a -8.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.48M to $1.03M.
What does gift card breakage — contract with customer liability revenue recognized mean?
This metric represents the portion of gift card liabilities recognized as revenue when the likelihood of the customer exercising their remaining rights becomes remote. It reflects the income realized from unredeemed gift card balances that are no longer expected to be claimed by the holder. Monitoring this figure provides insight into the company's ability to monetize dormant customer credit balances and the effectiveness of its gift card program management.