Compare Stocks: CATY, FFBC, HOPE, and HWC

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$61.34 -0.8%	$62.64	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.13B	0.85	356,382 shs	416,770 shs
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$32.21 -1.2%	$33.78	$23.06 ▼ $36.24	$3.42B	0.91	609,606 shs	792,457 shs
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$13.82 -1.1%	$13.87	$9.80 ▼ $14.59	$1.79B	0.83	765,755 shs	527,766 shs
HWC Hancock Whitney	$74.43 -0.2%	$76.33	$54.05 ▼ $80.13	$5.98B	0.94	576,652 shs	863,070 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	-0.84%	-1.06%	-3.20%	+2.39%	+24.52%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	-1.23%	-1.41%	-4.17%	+1.35%	+24.36%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	-1.14%	-1.00%	-1.29%	+6.23%	+25.64%
HWC Hancock Whitney	-0.16%	-0.55%	-3.87%	+4.05%	+18.76%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$61.34 -0.8%	$62.64	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.13B	0.85	356,382 shs	416,770 shs
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$32.21 -1.2%	$33.78	$23.06 ▼ $36.24	$3.42B	0.91	609,606 shs	792,457 shs
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$13.82 -1.1%	$13.87	$9.80 ▼ $14.59	$1.79B	0.83	765,755 shs	527,766 shs
HWC Hancock Whitney	$74.43 -0.2%	$76.33	$54.05 ▼ $80.13	$5.98B	0.94	576,652 shs	863,070 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	-0.84%	-1.06%	-3.20%	+2.39%	+24.52%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	-1.23%	-1.41%	-4.17%	+1.35%	+24.36%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	-1.14%	-1.00%	-1.29%	+6.23%	+25.64%
HWC Hancock Whitney	-0.16%	-0.55%	-3.87%	+4.05%	+18.76%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	2.00	Hold	$62.25	1.48% Upside
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	2.50	Moderate Buy	$33.67	4.52% Upside
HOPE Hope Bancorp	2.60	Moderate Buy	$15.50	12.16% Upside
HWC Hancock Whitney	2.82	Moderate Buy	$83.78	12.56% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CATY, FFBC, HOPE, and HWC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/4/2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/21/2026	HWC Hancock Whitney	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B)
8/12/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/11/2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B)
8/7/2026	HWC Hancock Whitney	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
8/3/2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Hold	$14.00 ➝ $15.00
8/3/2026	HWC Hancock Whitney	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$80.00 ➝ $82.00
7/29/2026	HWC Hancock Whitney	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
7/28/2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$15.00 ➝ $16.00
7/27/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$49.50 ➝ $53.00
7/23/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$56.00 ➝ $66.00

(Data available from 9/10/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.38B	2.96	$5.07 per share	12.10	$43.00 per share	1.43
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$996.38M	3.39	$3.11 per share	10.36	$28.11 per share	1.15
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$967.63M	1.83	$1.42 per share	9.76	$17.81 per share	0.78
HWC Hancock Whitney	$2.02B	2.95	$6.46 per share	11.53	$53.34 per share	1.40

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$315.12M	$5.12	11.98	10.52	N/A	24.66%	11.71%	1.43%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$255.60M	$2.83	11.38	9.34	N/A	20.77%	11.13%	1.49%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$61.59M	$1.00	13.82	8.69	N/A	12.53%	5.71%	0.70%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
HWC Hancock Whitney	$486.07M	$5.10	14.59	10.29	N/A	21.81%	11.36%	1.41%	10/13/2026 (Estimated)

Latest CATY, FFBC, HOPE, and HWC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/27/2026	Q2 2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	$0.2550	$0.27	+$0.0150	$0.26	$146.50 million	$147.82 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.35	$1.37	+$0.02	$1.37	$218.28 million	$221.20 million
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$0.78	$0.80	+$0.02	$0.73	$270.29 million	$264.17 million
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	HWC Hancock Whitney	$1.55	$1.55	N/A	$1.55	$398.89 million	$403.58 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.52	2.48%	+1.87%	29.69%	N/A
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$1.04	3.23%	+1.27%	36.75%	1 Years
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$0.56	4.05%	N/A	56.00%	N/A
HWC Hancock Whitney	$2.00	2.69%	+10.76%	39.22%	3 Years

Latest CATY, FFBC, HOPE, and HWC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/17/2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	quarterly	$0.26	3.25%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026
7/30/2026	HWC Hancock Whitney	quarterly	$0.50	2.64%	9/4/2026	9/4/2026	9/15/2026
8/14/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	quarterly	$0.38	2.46%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/8/2026
7/27/2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	quarterly	$0.14	4.01%	8/6/2026	8/6/2026	8/20/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	0.04	1.04	1.04
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	0.32	0.85	0.85
HOPE Hope Bancorp	0.25	0.98	0.97
HWC Hancock Whitney	0.04	0.82	0.82

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	75.01%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	77.23%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	84.00%
HWC Hancock Whitney	81.22%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	4.53%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	1.08%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	2.27%
HWC Hancock Whitney	0.92%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	1,268	66.71 million	63.69 million	Optionable
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	2,199	104.97 million	103.84 million	Optionable
HOPE Hope Bancorp	1,434	127.84 million	124.94 million	Optionable
HWC Hancock Whitney	3,627	80.22 million	79.49 million	Optionable

CATY, FFBC, HOPE, and HWC Headlines

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VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Makes New Investment in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC

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Hancock Whitney Corporation (NASDAQ:HWC) Given Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

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Hancock Whitney Corporation (NASDAQ:HWC) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

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Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC Shares Bought by UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

34,197 Shares in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC Purchased by Jupiter Topco LLC

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Wellington Management Group LLP Decreases Stock Position in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC

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36,426 Shares in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC Bought by Corient Private Wealth LP

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Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC Position Increased by Penn Capital Management Company LLC

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Purchases Shares of 40,744 Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC

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Capstone Investment Advisors LLC Invests $1.21 Million in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC

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The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Takes Position in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC

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23,355 Shares in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC Purchased by Sanctuary Advisors LLC

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Basswood Capital Management L.L.C. Acquires New Position in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC

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744,183 Shares in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC Purchased by Bank of New York Mellon Corp

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Deutsche Bank AG Invests $8.69 Million in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC

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William Blair Investment Management LLC Makes New Investment in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Emerald Investment Advisers LLC Takes $3.08 Million Position in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

BlackRock Inc. Acquires New Position in Hancock Whitney Corporation $HWC

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CATY, FFBC, HOPE, and HWC Company Descriptions

Cathay General Bancorp NASDAQ:CATY

$61.34 -0.52 (-0.84%)

Closing price 09/9/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$61.66 +0.32 (+0.53%)

As of 07:55 AM Eastern

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, safe deposit, collection, automatic teller machine, Internet banking, investment, and other customary bank services, as well as securities and insurance products. Cathay General Bancorp was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

First Financial Bancorp. NASDAQ:FFBC

$32.21 -0.40 (-1.23%)

Closing price 09/9/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$32.22 +0.01 (+0.02%)

As of 05:28 AM Eastern

First Financial Bancorp. operates as the bank holding company for First Financial Bank that provides commercial banking and related services to individuals and businesses in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. The company offers checking, savings, and money-market accounts; and accepts various deposit products, such as interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing accounts, time deposits, and cash management services for commercial customers. It also provides real estate loans secured by residential property, such as one to four family residential housing units or commercial property comprising owner-occupied and/or investor income producing real estate consisting of apartments, shopping centers, and office buildings; commercial and industrial loans for various purposes, including inventory, receivables, and equipment, as well as equipment and leasehold improvement financing for franchisees; consumer loans comprising new and used vehicle loans, second mortgages on residential real estate, and unsecured loans; and home equity lines of credit. In addition, the company offers commercial financing to the insurance industry, registered investment advisors, certified public accountants, indirect auto finance companies, and restaurant franchisees. Further, it provides a range of trust and wealth management services; lease and equipment financing services; and currency payments, foreign exchange hedging, and other advisory products. First Financial Bancorp. was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hope Bancorp NASDAQ:HOPE

$13.82 -0.16 (-1.14%)

Closing price 09/9/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$13.96 +0.14 (+1.01%)

As of 08:25 AM Eastern

Hope Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Bank of Hope that provides retail and commercial banking services for businesses and individuals in the United States. It accepts personal and business checking, money market, savings, time deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company also offers loans comprising commercial and industrial loans to businesses for various purposes, such as working capital, purchasing inventory, debt refinancing, business acquisitions, international trade finance, other business-related financing, and loans syndication services; commercial real estate loans; residential mortgage loans; small business administration loans; and consumer loans, such as single-family mortgage, home equity, automobile, credit card, and personal loans. In addition, it provides internet banking and bill-pay, remote deposit capture, lock box, and ACH origination services; treasury management services; foreign currency exchange transactions; interest rate contracts and wealth management services; automated teller machine services; and engages in investment activities. Hope Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Hancock Whitney NASDAQ:HWC

$74.43 -0.12 (-0.16%)

Closing price 09/9/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$74.79 +0.36 (+0.49%)

As of 08:24 AM Eastern

Hancock Whitney Corporation operates as the financial holding company for Hancock Whitney Bank that provides traditional and online banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers. It offers various transaction and savings deposit products consisting of brokered deposits, time deposits, and money market accounts; treasury management services, secured and unsecured loan products including revolving credit facilities, and letters of credit and similar financial guarantees; and trust and investment management services to retirement plans, corporations, and individuals, and investment advisory and brokerage products. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans including real and non-real estate loans; construction and land development loans; and residential mortgages, as well as consumer loans. In addition, it offers commercial finance products to middle market and corporate clients, including leases and related structures; facilitates investments in new market tax credit activities and holding certain foreclosed assets; provides customers access to fixed annuity and life insurance products; and underwriting transactions products, as well as debt and mortgage-related securities. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi.

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