CATY vs. TCBI, CVBF, BOH, FIBK, INDB, FBP, UCBI, SBCF, TOWN, and ASB
Should you be buying Cathay General Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cathay General Bancorp include Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), CVB Financial (CVBF), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Independent Bank (INDB), First BanCorp. (FBP), United Community Banks (UCBI), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), TowneBank (TOWN), and Associated Banc (ASB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Texas Capital Bancshares (NASDAQ:TCBI) and Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.
Cathay General Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Texas Capital Bancshares. Cathay General Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Texas Capital Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Texas Capital Bancshares received 196 more outperform votes than Cathay General Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.71% of users gave Cathay General Bancorp an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave Texas Capital Bancshares an outperform vote.
Texas Capital Bancshares has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Texas Capital Bancshares presently has a consensus price target of $63.58, suggesting a potential upside of 8.92%. Cathay General Bancorp has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.86%. Given Texas Capital Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cathay General Bancorp is more favorable than Texas Capital Bancshares.
96.9% of Texas Capital Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Texas Capital Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cathay General Bancorp has a net margin of 24.41% compared to Cathay General Bancorp's net margin of 9.66%. Texas Capital Bancshares' return on equity of 13.02% beat Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity.
In the previous week, Cathay General Bancorp had 10 more articles in the media than Texas Capital Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Cathay General Bancorp and 9 mentions for Texas Capital Bancshares. Cathay General Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Texas Capital Bancshares' score of 0.05 indicating that Texas Capital Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Cathay General Bancorp beats Texas Capital Bancshares on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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