Cato (CATO) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2024)

Cato's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 15 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.12 for Q4 2024.

• On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 58.36% year-over-year to 0.12 in Q4 2024; TTM through Aug 2025 was 0.17, a 93.4% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.38, up 98.73% from the prior year.
• FCF Payout Ratio declined to 0.12 in Q4 2024 per CATO's latest filing, from 1.22 in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.22 in Q3 2024 and bottomed at 2.15 in Q4 2022.
• The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.0 (2020), against an average of 0.11.
• Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio plunged 31251.97% in 2021 and jumped 356.45% in 2022, its largest moves.
• Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.0 in 2020, then plunged by 31251.97% to 1.18 in 2021, then sank by 82.14% to 2.15 in 2022, then jumped by 86.1% to 0.3 in 2023, then surged by 58.36% to 0.12 in 2024.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest CATO FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.12 (Q4 2024), 1.22 (Q3 2024), and 0.68 (Q2 2024).