Cathay General Bancorp (CATY)

US — Financial Services Sector
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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol CATY
  • Rev/Share 19.615
  • Book/Share 40.7098
  • PB 1.1815
  • Debt/Equity 0.0921
  • CurrentRatio 0.104
  • ROIC 0.0839

 

  • MktCap 3372310240.0
  • FreeCF/Share 4.7531
  • PFCF 10.0809
  • PE 11.9179
  • Debt/Assets 0.0114
  • DivYield 0.0353
  • ROE 0.1002

 

  • Rating B+
  • Score 3
  • Recommendation Neutral
  • P/E Score 3
  • DCF Score 4
  • P/B Score 3
  • D/E Score 3

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Initiation CATY Jefferies -- Buy -- $53 May 21, 2025
Upgrade CATY Stephens Equal Weight Overweight -- -- Dec. 9, 2024

News

Will Cathay (CATY) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?
CATY
Published: July 10, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Cathay (CATY) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

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Cathay General (CATY) Is Up 5.62% in One Week: What You Should Know
CATY
Published: July 04, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Does Cathay General (CATY) have what it takes to be a top stock pick for momentum investors? Let's find out.

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Cathay General Bancorp Adopts New Share Repurchase Program
CATY
Published: June 04, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cathay General Bancorp (the “Company”, Nasdaq: CATY), the holding company for Cathay Bank, announced that its Board of Directors has adopted a new share repurchase program authorizing the Company to repurchase up to $150,000,000 of the Company's common stock. The previous $125,000,000 share repurchase program announced on May 28, 2024, was completed on February 28, 2025, with the repurchase of 2,905,487 shares at an average cost of $43.02. The share repurchases may.

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Cathay General Bancorp Declares $0.34 Per Share Dividend
CATY
Published: May 15, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cathay General Bancorp (Nasdaq: CATY) announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of thirty-four cents per common share, payable on June 9, 2025, to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 29, 2025. ABOUT CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP Cathay General Bancorp (Nasdaq: CATY) is the holding company for Cathay Bank, a California state-chartered bank. Cathay General Bancorp's website is at www.cathaygeneralbancorp.com. Founded in 1962, Cathay B.

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Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
CATY
Published: April 21, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Neutral

Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 21, 2025 6:00 PM ET Company Participants Georgia Lo - IR Chang Liu - President and CEO Heng Chen - EVP, CFO and Treasurer Conference Call Participants Andrew Leischner - KBW Gary Tenner - D.A. Davidson Andrew Terrell - Stevens Adam Butler - Piper Sandler Operator Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Cathay General Bancorp's First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call.

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Best Value Stocks to Buy for February 18th
CATY, PFIS, RICK
Published: February 18, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

PFIS, CATY and RICK made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) value stocks list on February 31, 2024.

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Cathay General Bancorp Declares $0.34 Per Share Dividend
CATY
Published: February 14, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cathay General Bancorp (Nasdaq: CATY) announced that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of thirty-four cents per common share, payable on March 10, 2025, to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 27, 2025. ABOUT CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP Cathay General Bancorp (Nasdaq: CATY) is the holding company for Cathay Bank, a California state-chartered bank. Cathay General Bancorp's website is at www.cathaygeneralbancorp.com. Founded in 1962, C.

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About Cathay General Bancorp (CATY)

  • IPO Date 1990-12-14
  • Website https://www.cathaygeneralbancorp.com
  • Industry Banks - Regional
  • CEO Chang Ming Liu
  • Employees 1266

Cathay General Bancorp operates as the holding company for Cathay Bank that offers various commercial banking products and services to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in the United States. The company offers various deposit products, including passbook accounts, checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, and public funds deposits. It also provides loan products, such as commercial mortgage loans, commercial loans, small business administration loans, residential mortgage loans, real estate construction loans, and home equity lines of credit, as well as installment loans to individuals for household, and other consumer expenditures. In addition, the company offers trade financing, letter of credit, wire transfer, forward currency spot and forward contract, traveler's check, safe deposit, night deposit, social security payment deposit, collection, bank-by-mail, drive-up and walk-up window, automatic teller machine, Internet banking, investment, and other customary bank services, as well as securities and insurance products. As of March 1, 2022, it operated 31 branches in Southern California, 16 branches in Northern California, 10 branches in New York, four branches in Washington, two branches in Illinois, and two branches in Texas, as well as one branch each in Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, and New Jersey, and Hong Kong; and a representative office each in Beijing, Taipei, and Shanghai. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.