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CATO CORP

CATO Net buying
CIK 0000018255 #4646 in the set updated 21 Sep 2026
Bought (120 mo)
$353.04K
out of their own pocket, the only kind of buying there is
Sold (120 mo)
$20.55K
$0.00 on a plan · $0.00 straight out of an exercise
Sold at will
$20.55K
2 of 2 sales
Net
+$332.49K
+$332.49K against sales at will

By person

28 insiders · 17 transactions
14.3×

John P. D. Cato holds 14.3 times base salary in stock. $21.31M of shares against $1.48M in salary for 2025.

Salary from the company's own proxy. The shares are what John P. D. Cato last reported holding, valued at $6.85, the price Class A Common Stock was last bought or sold at on the open market here, on 17 Nov 2023.

Insider
Role
Bought
Sold
Net
Holding
Worth
Change
STOWE DANIEL HARDING
Director
$135.09K (3)
+$135.09K
52,440
$359.21K
+312.2%
WEISIGER, JR EDWARD I
Director
$119.09K (6)
+$119.09K
29,093
$199.29K
+64.8%
PATRICK BAILEY W
Director
$66.59K (2)
$20.55K (2)
+$46.04K
42,106
$288.43K
+284.4%
CATO JOHN P D
CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT/CEO
$32.27K (2)
+$32.27K
3,111,172
$21.31M
+40.0%
HOWE JOHN R
EVP - CFO
145,933
$999.64K
+129.7%
SMITH GORDON D
EVP, CHIEF REAL EST-STORE DEV
108,052
$740.16K
+271.8%
COZART WOODY
SVP, GMM It's Fashion Division
87,804
$601.46K
+139.1%
HEADLEY STEPHEN
SVP, SOURCING AND MDSE SUPPORT
87,617
$600.18K
+229.6%
GREER MICHAEL TIMOTHY
EVP-DIR OF STORES
79,835
$546.87K
+97.3%
BAILEY CATHY
SVP, GMM (CATO DIV)
73,759
$505.25K
Knight Charles D
EVP - Chief Financial Officer
51,168
$350.50K
SHEARER ABBY
SVP, General Merchandise Mgr
43,490
$297.91K
+206.8%
HENSON THOMAS B
Director
43,094
$295.19K
+233.0%
KROWS LISA
SVP, DESIGN, TREND & COLOR
41,400
$283.59K
+1,074%
KENNEDY, III BRYAN F
Director
39,302
$269.22K
+329.6%
SHOCK JEFFREY R
SVP, Controller
38,975
$266.98K
+205.5%
MECKLEY THOMAS E
Director
34,808
$238.43K
+217.8%
SCHWARZ AUDREY
Vice President, DMM
28,490
$195.16K
+496.5%
DAVIES PAMELA LEWIS
Director
28,438
$194.80K
PUGH LOWELL
SVP Human Resources
26,541
$181.81K
+931.1%
REISCHE CHRISTIN J
VP, GENERAL COUNSEL
24,970
$171.04K
+239.4%
Drew Theresa J
Director
24,809
$169.94K
COLLINS KAREN ANNE
SVP-Tsry,Tax,Fin Pln,Tax,Cr,IR
17,789
$121.85K
Smith Vickie
SVP, MERCH PLNG, ALLOC & CNTL
14,756
$101.08K
+882.4%
BERRY GEORGE
VP, Assistant Controller
12,691
$86.93K
+918.5%
MATCHETT HANG
SVP-Mdse Plan, Alloc&Ctrl, MIO
4,622
$31.66K
GURVIS SCOTT
SVP,Treasury, Fin Plan, Credit
4,354
$29.82K
SMITH CLAYTON
VP, Financial Planning & Alloc
3,461
$23.71K
+38.6%

No percentages here. These insiders hold more than one class of share between them, and the share count on file covers one of them rather than all. Dividing the two would compare different things.

Insider
Date
Role
Action
Shares
Price
Amount
PATRICK BAILEY W
17 Nov 2023
Director
Sell
2,800
$6.85
$19.18K
PATRICK BAILEY W
17 Nov 2023
Director
Sell
200
$6.87
$1.37K
CATO JOHN P D
25 Nov 2022
CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT/CEO
Buy
3,000
$10.38
$31.14K
PATRICK BAILEY W
22 Nov 2021
Director
Buy
3,000
$16.61
$49.83K
STOWE DANIEL HARDING
2 Jan 2019
Director
Buy
64
$14.41
$927.74
CATO JOHN P D
8 Jun 2018
CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT/CEO
Exercised, kept
8,051
$23.56
$189.68K
CATO JOHN P D
9 Feb 2018
CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT/CEO
Buy indirect
100
$11.32
$1.13K
STOWE DANIEL HARDING
22 Aug 2017
Director
Buy indirect
7,000
$14.27
$99.89K
STOWE DANIEL HARDING
18 Aug 2017
Director
Buy
2,500
$13.71
$34.28K
WEISIGER, JR EDWARD I
23 Jun 2017
Director
Buy
2,180
$17.20
$37.50K
WEISIGER, JR EDWARD I
23 Jun 2017
Director
Buy
200
$17.19
$3.44K
WEISIGER, JR EDWARD I
23 Jun 2017
Director
Buy
620
$17.18
$10.65K
PATRICK BAILEY W
14 Jun 2017
Director
Buy
1,000
$16.76
$16.76K
CATO JOHN P D
11 Apr 2017
CHAIRMAN/PRESIDENT/CEO
Exercised, kept
4,025
$23.56
$94.83K
WEISIGER, JR EDWARD I
21 Mar 2017
Director
Buy
1,000
$21.29
$21.29K
WEISIGER, JR EDWARD I
17 Mar 2017
Director
Buy
100
$21.53
$2.15K
WEISIGER, JR EDWARD I
17 Mar 2017
Director
Buy
2,000
$22.03
$44.06K

What was left out

Form 4 filings counted 175
Amendments (4/A) skipped 3
Filings about a different issuer 0
Unreadable filings 0
Joint filings 0
Sales on a Rule 10b5-1 plan 0
Sales straight out of an exercise 0
Sales at will 2
Transactions with no price 0
Shares from compensation/vesting 1,842,513
History held since 28 Mar 2017