Consumer Cyclical
Live Price
Offline$3.34
+3.73% today
1Y Change
+17.44%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 244 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
The Cato Corporation (CATO) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $50.00M. The stock last traded around $3.34 and up 17.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +0.6%, EPS growth of +68.0%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +0.6%, EPS +68.0%, free cash flow +81.1% with operating margin -2.2% and ROIC -3.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.1. Stock Foundry combines CATO price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
CATO is 3.42 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
CATO had 34.51 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
CATO beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
CATO
+17.44%
Normalized return
SPY
+20.86%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-3.42 pts
Relative to SPY
CATO Max Drawdown
-43.64%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for CATO and SPY.
| Year | CATO | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +10.00% | +6.71% | +3.29 pts | CATO |
| 2025 | +8.54% | +11.19% | -2.65 pts | SPY |
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
No active yield
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.00
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2024 | Sep 16, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Jun 10, 2024 | Jun 10, 2024 | Jun 24, 2024 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 | Apr 1, 2024 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 18, 2023 | Jan 2, 2024 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Sep 11, 2023 | Sep 25, 2023 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Jun 12, 2023 | Jun 26, 2023 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Mar 20, 2023 | Mar 21, 2023 | Apr 3, 2023 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Dec 23, 2022 | Jan 3, 2023 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Sep 12, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Jun 13, 2022 | Jun 27, 2022 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Mar 21, 2022 | Mar 22, 2022 | Apr 4, 2022 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Dec 17, 2021 | Dec 20, 2021 | Jan 3, 2022 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Sep 13, 2021 | Sep 27, 2021 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Jun 7, 2021 | Jun 21, 2021 | $0.11 | $0.11 | Quarterly |
| Mar 6, 2020 | Mar 9, 2020 | Mar 24, 2020 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Dec 13, 2019 | Dec 16, 2019 | Jan 2, 2020 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Sep 16, 2019 | Sep 30, 2019 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Jun 10, 2019 | Jun 24, 2019 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Mar 11, 2019 | Mar 26, 2019 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Dec 7, 2018 | Dec 10, 2018 | Jan 2, 2019 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Sep 17, 2018 | Oct 1, 2018 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Jun 8, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 | Jun 25, 2018 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Mar 9, 2018 | Mar 12, 2018 | Mar 28, 2018 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Dec 8, 2017 | Dec 11, 2017 | Jan 2, 2018 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Sep 11, 2017 | Sep 25, 2017 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Jun 1, 2017 | Jun 5, 2017 | Jun 19, 2017 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Mar 2, 2017 | Mar 6, 2017 | Mar 22, 2017 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Dec 8, 2016 | Dec 12, 2016 | Jan 2, 2017 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Sep 8, 2016 | Sep 12, 2016 | Sep 26, 2016 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Jun 2, 2016 | Jun 6, 2016 | Jun 20, 2016 | $0.33 | $0.33 | Quarterly |
| Mar 3, 2016 | Mar 7, 2016 | Mar 23, 2016 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Dec 10, 2015 | Dec 14, 2015 | Jan 4, 2016 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Sep 10, 2015 | Sep 14, 2015 | Sep 28, 2015 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Jun 4, 2015 | Jun 8, 2015 | Jun 22, 2015 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Mar 5, 2015 | Mar 9, 2015 | Mar 25, 2015 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Dec 11, 2014 | Dec 15, 2014 | Jan 5, 2015 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Sep 11, 2014 | Sep 15, 2014 | Sep 29, 2014 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Jun 5, 2014 | Jun 9, 2014 | Jun 23, 2014 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Mar 6, 2014 | Mar 10, 2014 | Mar 24, 2014 | $0.30 | $0.30 | Quarterly |
| Dec 12, 2013 | Dec 16, 2013 | Jan 2, 2014 | $0.05 | $0.05 | Quarterly |
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