Cato CATO
NYSE CATO
$2.42 -0.06 (-2.42%)
As of: Sep 10, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Cato (CATO) Dividend Yield (2011 - 2024)

Cato (CATO) posted Dividend Yield of 2.92% for Q4 2024, down 21.01% on a QoQ basis from 3.69% in Q3 2024, and up 25.0% year-over-year from 2.33% in Q4 2023.

Analysis

Cato (CATO) Dividend Yield (2011 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

Cato has reported Dividend Yield for 14 years, with the latest figure at 2.92% in Q4 2024.

  • On a quarterly basis, Dividend Yield rose 25.0% year-over-year to 2.92% in Q4 2024; TTM through Aug 2025 was 6.92%, a 778.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 17.14%, up 635.0% from the prior year.
  • Dividend Yield was 2.92% for Q4 2024 at Cato, down from 3.69% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Dividend Yield was 3.79% in Q2 2024, with the low at 0.06% in Q4 2020.
  • Average Dividend Yield over 5 years is 2.05%, with a median of 2.23% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2020 and 2024: Dividend Yield plunged 200 bps in 2020, then jumped 152 bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Dividend Yield stood at 0.06% in 2020, then surged by 1861 bps to 1.06% in 2021, then surged by 49 bps to 1.58% in 2022, then surged by 69 bps to 2.66% in 2023, then climbed by 9 bps to 2.92% in 2024.
  • The last three Dividend Yield figures came in at 2.92% (Q4 2024), 3.69% (Q3 2024), and 3.79% (Q2 2024), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Tjx Companies 139.66 Bn 133.65 Bn 5.07 Bn
2 Ross Stores 71.61 Bn 67.32 Bn 2.12 Bn
3 Burlington Stores 14.97 Bn 14.27 Bn 1.39 Bn
4 Gap 7.43 Bn 4.94 Bn 1.93 Bn
5 Urban Outfitters 6.62 Bn 6.20 Bn 542.57 Mn
6 Abercrombie & Fitch 6.27 Bn 5.63 Bn 822.65 Mn
7 Victoria's Secret 5.86 Bn 5.34 Bn 759.00 Mn
8 Boot Barn Holdings 4.30 Bn 4.16 Bn -
9 American Eagle Outfitters 2.44 Bn 2.34 Bn 456.17 Mn
10 Cato 45.89 Mn -47.88 Mn 55.32 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Nov 2, 2024 2.92%
Aug 3, 2024 3.69%
May 4, 2024 3.79%
Feb 3, 2024 2.70%
Oct 28, 2023 2.66%
Jul 29, 2023 2.23%
Apr 29, 2023 2.27%
Jan 28, 2023 1.85%
Oct 29, 2022 1.58%
Jul 30, 2022 1.51%
Apr 30, 2022 1.40%
Jan 29, 2022 1.15%
Oct 30, 2021 1.06%
Jul 31, 2021 0.73%
Oct 31, 2020 -0.06%
May 2, 2020 3.16%
Feb 1, 2020 2.25%
Nov 2, 2019 1.94%
Aug 3, 2019 2.50%
May 4, 2019 2.30%