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Cato Corp dividend history

Cato Corp's dividend was $0.510 a share in fiscal 2025, down 25.0% on the year before.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2027 Q2 TTM
Buybacks (TTM)
$422,000
Dividends (TTM)
$0
Returned to shareholders
-19%
of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years
$7.4M
Diluted share count
−0.5%
year over year
Total shareholder yield
1.0%
dividends 0.0% + buybacks 1.0% of market value
Sales & admin spending
34.4%
of revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2010Jan 20102011Jan 20112012Jan 20122013Feb 20132014Feb 20142015Jan 20152016Jan 20162017Jan 20172018Feb 20182019Feb 20192020Feb 20202021Jan 20212022Jan 20222023Jan 20232024Feb 20242025Feb 20252026Jan 2026LTMAug 2026
Dividend per share—$0.720$0.875$2.98$0.200$1.20$1.20$1.29$1.32$1.32$1.32$0.330$0.450$0.680$0.680$0.510——
Dividend per share growth——+21.5%+240.6%−93.3%+500.0%0.0%+7.5%+2.3%0.0%0.0%−75.0%+36.4%+51.1%0.0%−25.0%——
Dividends paid1921268763434353433338101414110—
Share buybacks061106426433913102022153410
Dividends ÷ net income43.3%36.1%39.7%141.4%10.8%56.0%50.2%75.0%395.0%106.9%90.8%—27.1%>999%————
Dividends ÷ free cash flow26.1%35.4%56.6%255.5%9.5%38.3%49.9%79.0%135.5%58.3%72.3%—17.9%—————

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Cato Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Cato Corp.