Cato (CATO) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2024)

Cato has reported Payout Ratio for 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.23 in Q4 2024.

• On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio rose 60.02% year-over-year to 0.23 in Q4 2024; TTM through Aug 2025 was 0.18, a 76.04% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.58, changed 0.08% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio was 0.23 for Q4 2024 at Cato, down from 37.13 in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Payout Ratio was 37.13 in Q3 2024, with the low at 2.53 in Q1 2020.
• Average Payout Ratio over 5 years is 2.03, with a median of 0.15 recorded in 2024.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2021 and 2022: Payout Ratio surged 1944.63% in 2021, then tumbled 998.22% in 2022.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.02 in 2020, then jumped by 1944.63% to 0.44 in 2021, then plunged by 283.61% to 0.81 in 2022, then rose by 28.86% to 0.58 in 2023, then surged by 60.02% to 0.23 in 2024.
• The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.23 (Q4 2024), 37.13 (Q3 2024), and 0.32 (Q2 2024), per Business Quant data.