Cato Corporation Class A Dividend

Q: What is the Cato Corporation Class A Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average Cato Corporation Class A dividend yield over the last 5 years is 5.68% and the average over the last 10 years is 4.83%. The payout ratio of Cato Corporation Class A in relation to the last financial year is -58.12%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 377.08%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share (EPS ).

Q: Is the Cato Corporation Class A dividend safe?

Cato Corporation Class A has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 3 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was not increased recently. The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 0.00% . The average Cato Corporation Class A Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is -12.42% . The average for the last 10 years is 13.02% .

$3.93

0.26% day before yesterday

NYSE, Dec 27, 10:10 pm CET

ISIN

US1492051065

Symbol

CATO

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Cato Corporation Class A Dividend history 25 years

Dividend Analysis of the Cato Corporation Class A Stock

Current dividend yield	8.72 %
Dividendenrendite 5 Jahre	7.38 %
Dividend Yield 10Y	2.46 %
Payout 3Y	2.56 %

When does Cato Corporation Class A pay a dividend?

The Cato Corporation Class A stock dividend is paid 4 times a year. In order to receive a dividend, you should generally own the Cato Corporation Class A stock before the ex-dividend date. The Dividend Calendar shows that the last ex-day dates were March, June, September and December . Dividends from Cato Corporation Class A are distributed via January, April, June and September.

Year	Dividend	Ex-day & Payday	Frequency
Fiscal Year	Dividend per Share	Ex-Day	Payday	Payment frequency
2025	$0.17 $0.17	Sep 16 2024 Sep 16 2024 Sep 30 2024 Sep 16 24 Sep 30 24	Sep 30 2024	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.17 $0.17	Jun 10 2024 Jun 10 2024 Jun 24 2024 Jun 10 24 Jun 24 24	Jun 24 2024	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.17 $0.17	Mar 25 2024 Mar 25 2024 Apr 01 2024 Mar 25 24 Apr 01 24	Apr 01 2024	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.17 $0.17	Dec 15 2023 Dec 15 2023 Jan 02 2024 Dec 15 23 Jan 02 24	Jan 02 2024	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.17 $0.17	Sep 08 2023 Sep 08 2023 Sep 25 2023 Sep 08 23 Sep 25 23	Sep 25 2023	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.17 $0.17	Jun 09 2023 Jun 09 2023 Jun 26 2023 Jun 09 23 Jun 26 23	Jun 26 2023	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.17 $0.17	Mar 20 2023 Mar 20 2023 Apr 03 2023 Mar 20 23 Apr 03 23	Apr 03 2023	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.17 $0.17	Dec 22 2022 Dec 22 2022 Jan 03 2023 Dec 22 22 Jan 03 23	Jan 03 2023	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.17 $0.17	Sep 09 2022 Sep 09 2022 Sep 26 2022 Sep 09 22 Sep 26 22	Sep 26 2022	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.17 $0.17	Jun 10 2022 Jun 10 2022 Jun 27 2022 Jun 10 22 Jun 27 22	Jun 27 2022	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.17 $0.17	Mar 21 2022 Mar 21 2022 Apr 04 2022 Mar 21 22 Apr 04 22	Apr 04 2022	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.17 $0.17	Dec 17 2021 Dec 17 2021 Jan 03 2022 Dec 17 21 Jan 03 22	Jan 03 2022	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.17 $0.17	Sep 10 2021 Sep 10 2021 Sep 27 2021 Sep 10 21 Sep 27 21	Sep 27 2021	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.11 $0.11	Jun 04 2021 Jun 04 2021 Jun 21 2021 Jun 04 21 Jun 21 21	Jun 21 2021	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.33 $0.33	Mar 06 2020 Mar 06 2020 Mar 24 2020 Mar 06 20 Mar 24 20	Mar 24 2020	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.33 $0.33	Dec 13 2019 Dec 13 2019 Jan 02 2020 Dec 13 19 Jan 02 20	Jan 02 2020	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.33 $0.33	Sep 13 2019 Sep 13 2019 Sep 30 2019 Sep 13 19 Sep 30 19	Sep 30 2019	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.33 $0.33	Jun 07 2019 Jun 07 2019 Jun 24 2019 Jun 07 19 Jun 24 19	Jun 24 2019	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.33 $0.33	Mar 08 2019 Mar 08 2019 Mar 26 2019 Mar 08 19 Mar 26 19	Mar 26 2019	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.33 $0.33	Dec 07 2018 Dec 07 2018 Jan 02 2019 Dec 07 18 Jan 02 19	Jan 02 2019	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.33 $0.33	Sep 14 2018 Sep 14 2018 Oct 01 2018 Sep 14 18 Oct 01 18	Oct 01 2018	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.33 $0.33	Jun 08 2018 Jun 08 2018 Jun 25 2018 Jun 08 18 Jun 25 18	Jun 25 2018	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.33 $0.33	Mar 09 2018 Mar 09 2018 Mar 28 2018 Mar 09 18 Mar 28 18	Mar 28 2018	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.33 $0.33	Dec 08 2017 Dec 08 2017 Jan 02 2018 Dec 08 17 Jan 02 18	Jan 02 2018	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.33 $0.33	Sep 08 2017 Sep 08 2017 Sep 25 2017 Sep 08 17 Sep 25 17	Sep 25 2017	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.33 $0.33	Jun 01 2017 Jun 01 2017 Jun 19 2017 Jun 01 17 Jun 19 17	Jun 19 2017	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.33 $0.33	Mar 02 2017 Mar 02 2017 Mar 22 2017 Mar 02 17 Mar 22 17	Mar 22 2017	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.33 $0.33	Dec 08 2016 Dec 08 2016 Jan 02 2017 Dec 08 16 Jan 02 17	Jan 02 2017	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.33 $0.33	Sep 08 2016 Sep 08 2016 Sep 26 2016 Sep 08 16 Sep 26 16	Sep 26 2016	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.33 $0.33	Jun 02 2016 Jun 02 2016 Jun 20 2016 Jun 02 16 Jun 20 16	Jun 20 2016	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.3 $0.3	Mar 03 2016 Mar 03 2016 Mar 23 2016 Mar 03 16 Mar 23 16	Mar 23 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.3 $0.3	Dec 10 2015 Dec 10 2015 Jan 04 2016 Dec 10 15 Jan 04 16	Jan 04 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.3 $0.3	Sep 10 2015 Sep 10 2015 Sep 28 2015 Sep 10 15 Sep 28 15	Sep 28 2015	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.3 $0.3	Jun 04 2015 Jun 04 2015 Jun 22 2015 Jun 04 15 Jun 22 15	Jun 22 2015	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.3 $0.3	Mar 05 2015 Mar 05 2015 Mar 25 2015 Mar 05 15 Mar 25 15	Mar 25 2015	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.3 $0.3	Dec 11 2014 Dec 11 2014 Jan 05 2015 Dec 11 14 Jan 05 15	Jan 05 2015	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.3 $0.3	Sep 11 2014 Sep 11 2014 Sep 29 2014 Sep 11 14 Sep 29 14	Sep 29 2014	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.3 $0.3	Jun 05 2014 Jun 05 2014 Jun 23 2014 Jun 05 14 Jun 23 14	Jun 23 2014	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.3 $0.3	Mar 06 2014 Mar 06 2014 Mar 24 2014 Mar 06 14 Mar 24 14	Mar 24 2014	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.05 $0.05	Dec 12 2013 Dec 12 2013 Jan 02 2014 Dec 12 13 Jan 02 14	Jan 02 2014	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.05 $0.05	Sep 12 2013 Sep 12 2013 Sep 30 2013 Sep 12 13 Sep 30 13	Sep 30 2013	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.05 $0.05	Jun 06 2013 Jun 06 2013 Jun 24 2013 Jun 06 13 Jun 24 13	Jun 24 2013	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.05 $0.05	Mar 07 2013 Mar 07 2013 Mar 25 2013 Mar 07 13 Mar 25 13	Mar 25 2013	quarterly quarterly
2013	$1 $1	Dec 12 2012 Dec 12 2012 Dec 28 2012 Dec 12 12 Dec 28 12	Dec 28 2012	- -
2013	$1 $1	Dec 12 2012 Dec 12 2012 Dec 28 2012 Dec 12 12 Dec 28 12	Dec 28 2012	Special dividend Special div.
2013	$0.25 $0.25	Dec 12 2012 Dec 12 2012 Dec 28 2012 Dec 12 12 Dec 28 12	Dec 28 2012	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.2415 $0.24	Sep 06 2012 Sep 06 2012 Sep 24 2012 Sep 06 12 Sep 24 12	Sep 24 2012	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.2415 $0.24	Jun 07 2012 Jun 07 2012 Jun 25 2012 Jun 07 12 Jun 25 12	Jun 25 2012	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.2222 $0.22	Mar 01 2012 Mar 01 2012 Mar 19 2012 Mar 01 12 Mar 19 12	Mar 19 2012	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.2222 $0.22	Dec 15 2011 Dec 15 2011 Jan 03 2011 Dec 15 11 Jan 03 11	Jan 03 2011	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.2222 $0.22	Sep 08 2011 Sep 08 2011 Sep 26 2011 Sep 08 11 Sep 26 11	Sep 26 2011	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.2222 $0.22	Jun 09 2011 Jun 09 2011 Jun 27 2011 Jun 09 11 Jun 27 11	Jun 27 2011	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.1787 $0.18	Mar 03 2011 Mar 03 2011 Mar 21 2011 Mar 03 11 Mar 21 11	Mar 21 2011	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.1787 $0.18	Dec 16 2010 Dec 16 2010 Jan 03 2011 Dec 16 10 Jan 03 11	Jan 03 2011	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.1787 $0.18	Sep 09 2010 Sep 09 2010 Sep 27 2010 Sep 09 10 Sep 27 10	Sep 27 2010	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.1787 $0.18	Jun 10 2010 Jun 10 2010 Jun 28 2010 Jun 10 10 Jun 28 10	Jun 28 2010	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.1594 $0.16	Mar 04 2010 Mar 04 2010 Mar 22 2010 Mar 04 10 Mar 22 10	Mar 22 2010	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.1594 $0.16	Dec 17 2009 Dec 17 2009 Jan 04 2010 Dec 17 09 Jan 04 10	Jan 04 2010	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.1594 $0.16	Sep 10 2009 Sep 10 2009 Sep 28 2009 Sep 10 09 Sep 28 09	Sep 28 2009	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.1594 $0.16	Jun 04 2009 Jun 04 2009 Jun 22 2009 Jun 04 09 Jun 22 09	Jun 22 2009	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.1594 $0.16	Mar 05 2009 Mar 05 2009 Mar 23 2009 Mar 05 09 Mar 23 09	Mar 23 2009	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.1594 $0.16	Dec 18 2008 Dec 18 2008 Jan 05 2009 Dec 18 08 Jan 05 09	Jan 05 2009	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.1594 $0.16	Sep 11 2008 Sep 11 2008 Sep 29 2008 Sep 11 08 Sep 29 08	Sep 29 2008	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.1594 $0.16	Jun 05 2008 Jun 05 2008 Jun 23 2008 Jun 05 08 Jun 23 08	Jun 23 2008	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.1594 $0.16	Mar 06 2008 Mar 06 2008 Mar 24 2008 Mar 06 08 Mar 24 08	Mar 24 2008	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.1594 $0.16	Dec 20 2007 Dec 20 2007 Jan 07 2008 Dec 20 07 Jan 07 08	Jan 07 2008	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.1594 $0.16	Sep 06 2007 Sep 06 2007 Sep 24 2007 Sep 06 07 Sep 24 07	Sep 24 2007	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.1594 $0.16	Jun 07 2007 Jun 07 2007 Jun 25 2007 Jun 07 07 Jun 25 07	Jun 25 2007	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.1449 $0.14	Mar 08 2007 Mar 08 2007 Mar 26 2007 Mar 08 07 Mar 26 07	Mar 26 2007	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.1449 $0.14	Dec 14 2006 Dec 14 2006 Jan 02 2007 Dec 14 06 Jan 02 07	Jan 02 2007	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.1449 $0.14	Sep 07 2006 Sep 07 2006 Sep 25 2006 Sep 07 06 Sep 25 06	Sep 25 2006	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.1449 $0.14	Jun 08 2006 Jun 08 2006 Jun 26 2006 Jun 08 06 Jun 26 06	Jun 26 2006	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.1256 $0.13	Mar 09 2006 Mar 09 2006 Mar 27 2006 Mar 09 06 Mar 27 06	Mar 27 2006	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.1256 $0.13	Dec 15 2005 Dec 15 2005 Jan 03 2006 Dec 15 05 Jan 03 06	Jan 03 2006	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.1256 $0.13	Sep 08 2005 Sep 08 2005 Sep 26 2005 Sep 08 05 Sep 26 05	Sep 26 2005	- -
2006	$0.1256 $0.13	Jun 09 2005 Jun 09 2005 Jun 27 2005 Jun 09 05 Jun 27 05	Jun 27 2005	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.1127 $0.11	Mar 10 2005 Mar 10 2005 Mar 28 2005 Mar 10 05 Mar 28 05	Mar 28 2005	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.1127 $0.11	Dec 16 2004 Dec 16 2004 Jan 03 2005 Dec 16 04 Jan 03 05	Jan 03 2005	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.1127 $0.11	Sep 09 2004 Sep 09 2004 Sep 27 2004 Sep 09 04 Sep 27 04	Sep 27 2004	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.1127 $0.11	Jun 10 2004 Jun 10 2004 Jun 28 2004 Jun 10 04 Jun 28 04	Jun 28 2004	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.1031 $0.1	Mar 11 2004 Mar 11 2004 Mar 29 2004 Mar 11 04 Mar 29 04	Mar 29 2004	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.1031 $0.1	Dec 18 2003 Dec 18 2003 Jan 05 2004 Dec 18 03 Jan 05 04	Jan 05 2004	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.1031 $0.1	Sep 11 2003 Sep 11 2003 Sep 29 2003 Sep 11 03 Sep 29 03	Sep 29 2003	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.1031 $0.1	Jun 05 2003 Jun 05 2003 Jun 23 2003 Jun 05 03 Jun 23 03	Jun 23 2003	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.0966 $0.1	Mar 13 2003 Mar 13 2003 Mar 31 2003 Mar 13 03 Mar 31 03	Mar 31 2003	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.0966 $0.1	Dec 19 2002 Dec 19 2002 Jan 06 2003 Dec 19 02 Jan 06 03	Jan 06 2003	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.0966 $0.1	Sep 12 2002 Sep 12 2002 Sep 30 2002 Sep 12 02 Sep 30 02	Sep 30 2002	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.0966 $0.1	Jun 06 2002 Jun 06 2002 Jun 24 2002 Jun 06 02 Jun 24 02	Jun 24 2002	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.087 $0.09	Mar 07 2002 Mar 07 2002 Mar 25 2002 Mar 07 02 Mar 25 02	Mar 25 2002	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.087 $0.09	Dec 20 2001 Dec 20 2001 Jan 07 2002 Dec 20 01 Jan 07 02	Jan 07 2002	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.087 $0.09	Sep 13 2001 Sep 13 2001 Oct 01 2001 Sep 13 01 Oct 01 01	Oct 01 2001	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.087 $0.09	Jun 07 2001 Jun 07 2001 Jun 25 2001 Jun 07 01 Jun 25 01	Jun 25 2001	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.0805 $0.08	Mar 15 2001 Mar 15 2001 Apr 02 2001 Mar 15 01 Apr 02 01	Apr 02 2001	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.0805 $0.08	Dec 20 2000 Dec 20 2000 Jan 08 2001 Dec 20 00 Jan 08 01	Jan 08 2001	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.0644 $0.06	Sep 07 2000 Sep 07 2000 Sep 25 2000 Sep 07 00 Sep 25 00	Sep 25 2000	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.0644 $0.06	Jun 08 2000 Jun 08 2000 Jun 26 2000 Jun 08 00 Jun 26 00	Jun 26 2000	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.0644 $0.06	Mar 09 2000 Mar 09 2000 Mar 27 2000 Mar 09 00 Mar 27 00	Mar 27 2000	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.0483 $0.05	Dec 16 1999 Dec 16 1999 Jan 03 2000 Dec 16 99 Jan 03 00	Jan 03 2000	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.0483 $0.05	Sep 09 1999 Sep 09 1999 Sep 27 1999 Sep 09 99 Sep 27 99	Sep 27 1999	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.0483 $0.05	Jun 03 1999 Jun 03 1999 Jun 21 1999 Jun 03 99 Jun 21 99	Jun 21 1999	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.0354 $0.04	Mar 11 1999 Mar 11 1999 Mar 29 1999 Mar 11 99 Mar 29 99	Mar 29 1999	quarterly quarterly

How much dividend does Cato Corporation Class A pay?

Cato Corporation Class A most recently paid a dividend of $0.17. Cato Corporation Class A paid a Dividend of $0.68 Per Share in the financial year 2024. With a stock price of $3.93 at Dec 27 2024, the current dividend yield is 17.30% (calculation: $0.68 / $3.93 = 17.30%). No special dividend was paid.

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What is the Cato Corporation Class A Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average Cato Corporation Class A dividend yield over the last 5 years is 5.68% and the average over the last 10 years is 4.83%.

The payout ratio of Cato Corporation Class A in relation to the last financial year is -58.12%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 377.08%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share(EPS).

Metric	Cato Corporation Class A
Current dividend yield	17.30%
Dividend Yield 5Y	5.68%
Dividend Yield 10Y	4.83%
Payout 1Y	-58.12%
Payout 3Y	377.08%

Is the Cato Corporation Class A dividend safe? Continuity & Dividend Growth

Is the Cato Corporation Class A dividend safe?

Cato Corporation Class A has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 3 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was not increased recently.

The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 0.00%. The average Cato Corporation Class A Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is -12.42%. The average for the last 10 years is 13.02%.

Metric	Cato Corporation Class A
Increased	0 Years
Continuity	3 Years
Paid	25 Years
Growth 1Y	0.00%
Growth 5Y	-12.42%
Growth 10Y	13.02%

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Cato Corporation Class A Stock Forecast 2024

On the stock exchange, the Cato Corporation Class A stock (ISIN: US1492051065) is not traded as a top scorer in December 2024 according to the dividend strategy.

The stock price of Cato Corporation Class A -44.96% has fallen since the beginning of the year 2024. However, the return generated in the past says nothing about the future return. You can find the Cato Corporation Class A stock price in real time at the top of the page.

Cato Corporation Class A (symbol: CATO) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of -2.97 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 0.12 valued.

Metric	Cato Corporation Class A
Dividend Score	??/15
Performance 2024	44.96%
P/E TTM	-2.97
P/S TTM	0.12

Cato Corporation Class A (symbol: CATO) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of -2.97 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 0.12 valued.

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