Cathay General Bancorp (CATY)

Last Closing Price: 48.76 (2025-01-21)

Company Description

Cathay General Bancorp is the one-bank holding company for Cathay Bank, a California state-chartered bank. Cathay Bank offers a wide range of financial services. Cathay Bank currently operates branches in California, New York State, Massachusetts, Houston, Texas, Washington State, and representative offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai, China. In addition, Cathay Bank's subsidiaries, Cathay Investment Company and GBC Investment & Consulting Company, Inc., each maintain an office in Taipei.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $1.31B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $354.12M
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 11.62
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 11.27
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) --
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 2.46
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 1.23
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 7.65
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 23.10%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 20.57%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 11.30%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 1.35%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.03
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.03
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.07
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 87.69
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $37.67
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $0.97
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $4.98
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $3.97
Stock
Exchange NASDAQ
Sector Financial Services
Industry Banks - Regional
Common Shares Outstanding 71.20M
Free Float 67.81M
Market Capitalization $3.44B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.24M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 1.13
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 4.76%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 75.01%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $1.36
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 2.81%