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Cato Corporation CATO Unrecognized Tax Benefits - Impacting Effective Tax Rate

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Income statement

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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

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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

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

Valuation

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

Profitability

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

Returns & leverage

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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:UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate.

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

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Questions, answered.

What is Cato Corporation's unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate?
Cato Corporation (CATO) reported unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate of $2.5M in Q4 2025.
What is the long-term trend for Cato Corporation's unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate?
Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Cato Corporation's unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate has grown at a -25.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $6M to $2.5M.
What does unrecognized tax benefits - impacting effective tax rate mean?
This subset of unrecognized tax benefits represents positions that, if recognized, would directly impact the company's effective tax rate. It highlights the specific portion of tax uncertainty that carries a direct risk to the reported bottom-line tax expense. Investors monitor this to gauge the potential volatility of future tax provisions.