NYSE:CATO | Free Cash Flow | CATO CORP

Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure. FCF / net income requires positive matching-period earnings.

Available history
2011-01-29 to 2026-05-02
Data captured

Historical Free Cash Flow

DateOperating cash flowCapital expenditureFree cash flowFCF / net income
2026-05-02$8.05M$1.07M$6.98M75.00%
2026-01-31-$4.71M$871,000.00-$5.58M
2025-05-03$3.87M$1.02M$2.85M86.10%
2025-02-01-$6.48M$1.36M-$7.84M
2024-05-04$5.71M$3.26M$2.45M22.28%
2024-02-03-$11.19M$2.26M-$13.45M
2023-07-29$2.3M
2023-04-29$9.9M$6.17M$3.73M84.12%
2023-01-28-$5.93M$5.05M-$10.98M
2022-10-29$4M
2022-07-30$5.94M
2022-04-30-$765,000.00$4.44M-$5.21M-53.40%
2022-01-29-$19.62M$2.32M-$21.94M
2021-10-30$665,000.00
2021-07-31$570,000.00
2021-05-01$44.5M$554,000.00$43.95M212.17%
2021-01-30-$4.65M$2.73M-$7.37M
2020-10-31$1.43M
2020-08-01$4.49M
2020-05-02-$71.34M$5.31M-$76.65M
2020-02-01$4.09M$3.36M$730,000.00
2019-11-02$2.73M
2019-08-03$1.22M
2019-05-04$14.67M$995,000.00$13.67M64.33%
2019-02-02$6.02M$1.13M$4.89M
2018-11-03$1.35M
2018-08-04$1.2M
2018-05-05$31.63M$675,000.00$30.95M132.22%
2018-02-03-$2.32M$2.33M-$4.66M
2017-10-28$2.34M
2017-07-29$2.98M
2017-04-29$15.6M$3.45M$12.16M54.68%
2017-01-28$25.87M$3.25M$22.62M
2016-10-29$14.09M
2016-07-30$3.92M
2016-04-30$36.16M$6.03M$30.13M83.99%
2016-01-30$36.11M$4.1M$32.01M270.18%
2015-10-31$11.03M
2015-08-01$6.82M
2015-05-02$29.77M$4.58M$25.19M81.03%
2015-01-31$26.38M$7.52M$18.86M206.04%
2014-11-01$7.41M
2014-08-02$9.85M
2014-05-03$55.02M$7.42M$47.6M158.62%
2014-02-01$17.3M$7.76M$9.54M249.52%
2013-11-02$13.18M
2013-08-03$5M
2013-05-04$47.7M$5.61M$42.09M136.48%
2013-02-02$11.9M$14.21M-$2.31M-29.02%
2012-10-27$11.04M
2012-04-28$57.97M$9.35M$48.61M153.24%
2012-01-28$13.37M$9.28M$4.09M40.45%
2011-04-30$43.04M$4.39M$38.64M126.61%
2011-01-29$19.05M$5.3M$13.76M125.72%

Annual Free Cash Flow

DateOperating cash flowCapital expenditureFree cash flowFCF / net income
2026-01-31-$1.46M$3.76M-$5.22M
2025-02-01-$19.75M$7.87M-$27.62M
2024-02-03$477,000.00$12.53M-$12.06M
2023-01-28$13.37M$19.43M-$6.06M-20906.90%
2022-01-29$59.79M$4.11M$55.68M151.13%
2021-01-30-$30.71M$13.96M-$44.67M
2020-02-01$53.4M$8.31M$45.09M125.61%
2019-02-02$60.24M$4.35M$55.89M183.48%
2018-02-03$35.99M$11.1M$24.89M291.50%
2017-01-28$72.13M$27.3M$44.83M94.96%
2016-01-30$93.85M$26.53M$67.32M100.71%
2015-01-31$117.46M$28.9M$88.56M146.37%
2014-02-01$92.96M$31.54M$61.42M113.06%
2013-02-02$79.31M$45.18M$34.14M55.35%
2012-01-28$81.34M$35.89M$45.45M70.10%
2011-01-29$79.48M$19.56M$59.92M101.81%