CATY vs. AUB, UCBI, IBKC, ASB, INDB, EWBC, FHN, WBS, CBSH, and WAL
Should you be buying Cathay General Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cathay General Bancorp include Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), United Community Banks (UCBI), IBERIABANK (IBKC), Associated Banc (ASB), Independent Bank (INDB), East West Bancorp (EWBC), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), and Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) and Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cathay General Bancorp has a net margin of 24.41% compared to Cathay General Bancorp's net margin of 19.51%. Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity of 13.02% beat Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cathay General Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Atlantic Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cathay General Bancorp and 2 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares. Cathay General Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.73 beat Atlantic Union Bankshares' score of 1.08 indicating that Atlantic Union Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Cathay General Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cathay General Bancorp pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Atlantic Union Bankshares has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Atlantic Union Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Cathay General Bancorp received 309 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 58.50% of users gave Cathay General Bancorp an outperform vote.
Cathay General Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic Union Bankshares. Cathay General Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Atlantic Union Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.18%. Cathay General Bancorp has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.97%. Given Cathay General Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Cathay General Bancorp.
Summary
Cathay General Bancorp beats Atlantic Union Bankshares on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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