Financials / Banks - RegionalUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

3.9B

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Market data

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Current market quote for this ticker.

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CATY

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/En/a

P25 8.8P50 10.4P75 13.1

Trailing P/E11.9

P25 10.9P50 14.7P75 36.2

ROE11.4

P25 4.9P50 10.4P75 15

ROICn/a

P25 -1.3P50 6.6P75 12.7

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Indicator catalog

All CATY market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

223

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 223 of 223 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000861842
Company name	Cathay General Bancorp
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	149150104
Employees	1,268
Employees Change	2%
Employees Change Percent	0.16
Enterprise value	$2.8B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Banks - Regional
Isin	US1491501045
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$3.9B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Price	$57.45
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	606,902.21x
Sector	Financials
Sic	6022
Symbol	CATY
Website	https://www.cathaygeneralbancorp.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	8.63%
EV Earnings	8.44x
EV Sales Forward	3.08x
EV/Sales	3.65x
P/B ratio	1.29x
P/E ratio	11.85x
P/S ratio	5.01x
PE Ratio10 Y	11.28x
PE Ratio3 Y	9.57x
PE Ratio5 Y	9.61x
PS Forward	4.23x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
Gross Profit	$769.6M
Net Income	$332.5M
Net Income Growth	17.06%
Net Income Growth Q	25.01%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-4.49%
Net Income Growth5 Y	5.42%
Pretax Margin	53.73%
Profit Margin	43.21%
Profit Per Employee	$262,227
Profitable Years	15
ROA	1.41
Roa5y	1.46
ROE	11.36
Roe5y	12.34

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	10.36%
Cagr15y	11.33%
Cagr1y	41.28%
Cagr20y	4.01%
Cagr3y	28.88%
Cagr5y	9.85%
Div CAGR10	8.14%
Div CAGR3	0.97%
Div CAGR5	2.46%
EPS Growth	22.82
EPS Growth Q	31.63
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	-2.05
EPS Growth5 Y	8.68
Revenue Growth	11.32x
Revenue Growth Q	14.1x
Revenue Growth Quarters	3x
Revenue Growth Years	1x
Revenue Growth3 Y	-1.44x
Revenue Growth5 Y	5.76x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Assets	$24B
Cash	$1.2B
Debt	$176.8M
Equity	$3B
Liabilities	$21.1B
Net Cash	$1B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$27.18
Net Debt Equity	$-0.35
Tangible Book Value	$2.6B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$38.95
WACC	8.59

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Working Capital	$-19.3B

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	4.36%
Dividend Growth	2.94%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$1.52
Dividend Years	36
Dividend Yield	2.65%
Ex Div Date	2026-02-26
Last Dividend	$0.38
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	28.88%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	167.87%
1Y total return	41.24%
200-day SMA	49.66
3Y total return	114.13%
50-day SMA	51.72
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	59.98%
All Time High	58
All Time High Change	-0.95%
All Time High Date	2026-05-06
All Time Low	2.5
All Time Low Change	2,198%
All Time Low Date	1994-01-20
ATR	1.27
Beta	0.86
Beta1y	0.72
Beta2y	0.87
Ch YTD	18.72
High	57.63
High52	58
High52 Date	2026-05-06
High52ch	-0.95%
Low	56.92
Low52	41.83
Low52 Date	2025-05-23
Low52ch	37.34%
Ma50ch	11.07%
Price vs 200-day SMA	15.68%
RSI	69.72
RSI Monthly	66.82
RSI Weekly	69.48
Sharpe ratio	1.3x
Sortino ratio	2.17
Total Return	7%
Tr YTD	19.59
Tr15y	399.99%
Tr1m	11.53%
Tr1w	1.84%
Tr3m	6.97%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	4
Analyst Count Top	4
Analyst Price Target Top	$52.5
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.2
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	22.45
Earnings Revenue Estimate	210,571,950x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	12.1x
Operating Income	$466.3M
Operating margin	60.59
Price target	$52.5
Price Target Change	$-8.62
Price Target Change Top	$-8.62

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	63,664,901%
Float Percent	94.94%
Shares Insiders	5.02%
Shares Institutions	75.27%
Shares Out	67,056,307
Shares Qo Q	-0.88%
Shares Yo Y	-4.36%
Short Float	2.37%
Short Ratio	2.57
Short Shares	2.25

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	388,015.65x
Bv Per Share	44.6
CAPEX	$-4.5M
Ch10y	96.08
Ch15y	250.1
Ch1m	11.53
Ch1w	1.84
Ch1y	37.21
Ch20y	44.46
Ch3m	6.19
Ch3y	93.96
Ch5y	36.2
Ch6m	22.08
Change	0.81%
Change From Open	0.93
Close	56.99
Days Gap	-0.12
Dollar Volume	17,005,832
Earnings Date	2026-04-22
Earnings Time	amc
EPS	$4.85
F Score	4
Financing CF	516,875,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,962
Goodwill	375,696,000
Graham Number	69.74355
Graham Upside	21.4
Income Tax	$81M
Investing CF	-1,063,861,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-22
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	2004-09-29
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-03-02
Lynch Fair Value	$26.27
Lynch Upside	-54.28
Ma150	50.2
Ma150ch	14.45%
Ma20	55.16
Ma20ch	4.15%
Net CF	-179,031,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-21
Open	56.92
Optionable	Yes
P OCF Ratio	10.47
Payment Date	2026-03-09
Position In Range	74.65
Post Close	57.45
Postmarket Change Percent	-1.93
Postmarket Price	$56.34
Ppne	123,201,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Ptbv Ratio	1.48
Relative Volume	0.76x
Revenue	769,552,000x
SBC By Revenue	1x
Share Based Comp	7,676,000
Tax By Revenue	10.52x
Tax Rate	19.58%
Tr20y	119.34%
Tr6m	23.84%
Us State	California
Volume	296,011

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Moat score

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Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

CATY dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.6%

$1.52 annual per share

Payout ratio

+28.9%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+2.5%

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+7.0%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-02-26

Performance

CATY stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CATY?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+75.3%

Float: +94.9% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+5.0%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CATY momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

69.7

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+15.7%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.86

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

1.29

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

CATY vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
AXP	American Express Company	215.6B	19.7x	3.1x	11.5%	+15.5%	+15.6%	비중 축소
BAC	Bank of America Corporation	364.1B	12.7x	3.3x	—	+6.3%	+28.2%	비중 축소
BK	The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation	89.6B	16.2x	4.3x	—	+6.0%	+58.4%	비중 축소

Questions

About CATY

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What is the current CATY stock rating?

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