NASDAQ: CATY
Cathay General Bancorp Stock

$38.60-0.03 (-0.08%)
Updated Apr 21, 2025
CATY Price
$38.60
Fair Value Price
$22.26
Market Cap
$2.71B
52 Week Low
$33.88
52 Week High
$55.29
P/E
9.72x
P/B
0.95x
P/S
4.96x
PEG
1.52x
Dividend Yield
3.52%
Revenue
$692.22M
Earnings
$285.98M
Gross Margin
100%
Operating Margin
45.87%
Profit Margin
41.3%
Debt to Equity
7.1
Operating Cash Flow
$329M
Beta
1.09
Next Earnings
N/A
Ex-Dividend
N/A
Next Dividend
N/A

CATY Overview

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.

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Industry: Bank

Industry Rating
F
CATY
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#174 of 296

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Industry Average (33)
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CATY ($38.60) is overvalued by 73.43% relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $22.26 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling
Below Fair Value Valuation
CATY ($38.60) is not significantly undervalued (73.43%) relative to our estimate of its Fair Value price of $22.26 based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modelling, when including a healthy margin of safety
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Valuation

CATY fair value

Fair Value of CATY stock based on Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

Price
$38.60
Fair Value
$22.26
Overvalued by
73.43%
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CATY price to earnings (PE)

For valuing profitable companies with steady earnings

Company
9.72x
Industry
13.07x
Market
27.14x
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P/E vs Market Valuation

CATY price to book (PB)

For valuing companies that are loss-making or have lots of physical asset

Company
0.95x
Industry
1.07x
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CATY price to earnings growth (PEG)

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CATY's financial health

Profit margin

Revenue
$172.0M
Net Income
$80.2M
Profit Margin
46.6%
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Interest Coverage Financials
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Profit Margin Growth Financials

Assets to liabilities

Assets
$23.1B
Liabilities
$20.2B
Debt to equity
7.1
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Shrinking Debt Financials
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Healthy Debt to Equity Financials

Cash flow

Operating
$86.8M
Investing
-$80.9M
Financing
-$305.2M
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Debt Coverage Financials

CATY vs Bank Stocks

TickerZen RatingMarket Cap1d %P/EP/B
CATYC$2.71B-0.08%9.72x0.95x
FIBKD$2.72B0.00%11.87x0.82x
CBUD$2.77B-1.57%15.27x1.57x
WSFSC$2.79B-0.56%10.76x1.08x
FHBD$2.84B-0.80%12.48x1.08x

Cathay General Bancorp Stock FAQ

What is Cathay General Bancorp's quote symbol?

(NASDAQ: CATY) Cathay General Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CATY. Cathay General Bancorp stock quotes can also be displayed as NASDAQ: CATY.

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What is the 52 week high and low for Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ: CATY)?

(NASDAQ: CATY) Cathay General Bancorp's 52-week high was $55.29, and its 52-week low was $33.88. It is currently -30.19% from its 52-week high and 13.93% from its 52-week low.

How much is Cathay General Bancorp stock worth today?

(NASDAQ: CATY) Cathay General Bancorp currently has 70,285,292 outstanding shares. With Cathay General Bancorp stock trading at $38.60 per share, the total value of Cathay General Bancorp stock (market capitalization) is $2.71B.

Cathay General Bancorp stock was originally listed at a price of $9.13 in Dec 31, 1997. If you had invested in Cathay General Bancorp stock at $9.13, your return over the last 27 years would have been 323.01%, for an annualized return of 5.49% (not including any dividends or dividend reinvestments).

How much is Cathay General Bancorp's stock price per share?

(NASDAQ: CATY) Cathay General Bancorp stock price per share is $38.60 today (as of Apr 21, 2025).

What is Cathay General Bancorp's Market Cap?

(NASDAQ: CATY) Cathay General Bancorp's market cap is $2.71B, as of Apr 22, 2025.

Market cap (market capitalization) is the total market value of a publicly traded company's outstanding shares.

Cathay General Bancorp's market cap is calculated by multiplying CATY's current stock price of $38.60 by CATY's total outstanding shares of 70,285,292.
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