Growth Metrics

Cato (CATO) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2024)

Cato (CATO) has 15 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on record, last reported at 0.15 in Q4 2024.

  • For Q4 2024, FCF Payout Ratio rose 51.23% year-over-year to 0.15; the TTM value through Aug 2025 reached 0.21, up 85.6%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.38, 98.73% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.15 in Q4 2024 per CATO's latest filing, up from 2.99 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 1.31 in Q1 2020 and bottomed at 2.99 in Q3 2024.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.27, with a median of 0.11 recorded in 2020.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 44292.61% in 2021, then soared 421.38% in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.0 in 2020, then tumbled by 44292.61% to 1.18 in 2021, then surged by 129.37% to 0.35 in 2022, then plummeted by 186.18% to 0.3 in 2023, then soared by 51.23% to 0.15 in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.15 in Q4 2024, 2.99 in Q3 2024, and 0.68 in Q2 2024.