Compare Stocks: IBOC, CATY, FFBC, and FRME

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	$62.01 0.0%	$62.62	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.14B	0.85	361,296 shs	347,921 shs
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$32.50 -0.1%	$33.71	$23.06 ▼ $36.24	$3.41B	0.91	622,085 shs	719,326 shs
FRME First Merchants	$41.11 +0.0%	$42.69	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.58B	0.84	333,160 shs	320,168 shs
IBOC International Bancshares	$70.94 -0.1%	$73.77	$63.19 ▼ $78.46	$4.41B	0.67	263,284 shs	320,524 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	-0.05%	-1.08%	-3.80%	+1.69%	+25.88%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	-0.09%	-1.46%	-4.64%	+0.62%	+24.28%
FRME First Merchants	+0.02%	-2.26%	-4.93%	-2.33%	+2.21%
IBOC International Bancshares	-0.14%	-1.35%	-2.43%	-7.30%	+0.13%

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	$62.01 0.0%	$62.62	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.14B	0.85	361,296 shs	347,921 shs
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$32.50 -0.1%	$33.71	$23.06 ▼ $36.24	$3.41B	0.91	622,085 shs	719,326 shs
FRME First Merchants	$41.11 +0.0%	$42.69	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.58B	0.84	333,160 shs	320,168 shs
IBOC International Bancshares	$70.94 -0.1%	$73.77	$63.19 ▼ $78.46	$4.41B	0.67	263,284 shs	320,524 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	-0.05%	-1.08%	-3.80%	+1.69%	+25.88%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	-0.09%	-1.46%	-4.64%	+0.62%	+24.28%
FRME First Merchants	+0.02%	-2.26%	-4.93%	-2.33%	+2.21%
IBOC International Bancshares	-0.14%	-1.35%	-2.43%	-7.30%	+0.13%

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	0.39% Upside
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	2.50	Moderate Buy	$33.67	3.59% Upside
FRME First Merchants	2.50	Moderate Buy	$49.00	19.19% Upside
IBOC International Bancshares	3.00	Buy	$85.00	19.82% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest IBOC, CATY, FFBC, and FRME 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	IBOC International Bancshares	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ 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
8/7/2026	IBOC International Bancshares	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (A-) ➝ Buy (B+)
8/3/2026	FRME First Merchants	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B)
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	IBOC International Bancshares	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (A-)
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
7/23/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$56.00 ➝ $63.00
7/23/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$64.00 ➝ $67.00
7/10/2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold	$33.00 ➝ $35.00

(Data available from 9/12/2023 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	2.99	$5.11 per share	12.13	$43.00 per share	1.44
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$1.26B	2.71	$3.15 per share	10.32	$28.11 per share	1.16
FRME First Merchants	$1.05B	2.45	$4.43 per share	9.29	$42.22 per share	0.97
IBOC International Bancshares	$1.06B	4.18	$7.01 per share	10.12	$52.31 per share	1.36

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	12.11	10.64	N/A	24.66%	11.71%	1.43%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$255.60M	$2.83	11.48	9.42	N/A	20.77%	11.13%	1.49%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)
FRME First Merchants	$226M	$3.12	13.18	9.24	N/A	17.05%	8.86%	1.12%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
IBOC International Bancshares	$412.29M	$6.63	10.70	N/A	N/A	38.83%	12.67%	2.47%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)

Latest IBOC, CATY, FFBC, and FRME Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	IBOC International Bancshares	$1.61	$1.54	-$0.07	$1.54	$264.13 million	$214.82 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.35	$1.37	+$0.02	$1.37	$218.28 million	$221.20 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	FRME First Merchants	$1.02	$0.74	-$0.28	$0.70	$202.78 million	$202.49 million
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$0.78	$0.80	+$0.02	$0.73	$270.29 million	$264.17 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	2.45%	+1.87%	29.69%	N/A
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$1.04	3.20%	+1.27%	36.75%	1 Years
FRME First Merchants	$1.48	3.60%	+6.58%	47.44%	13 Years
IBOC International Bancshares	$1.46	2.06%	+4.94%	22.02%	16 Years

Latest IBOC, CATY, FFBC, and FRME Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/14/2026	FRME First Merchants	quarterly	$0.37	3.52%	9/4/2026	9/4/2026	9/18/2026
7/17/2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	quarterly	$0.26	3.25%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026
8/14/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	quarterly	$0.38	2.46%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/8/2026
7/31/2026	IBOC International Bancshares		$0.73	1.99%	8/14/2026	8/14/2026	8/28/2026

(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
FRME First Merchants	0.56	0.95	0.95
IBOC International Bancshares	0.04	0.77	0.77

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	75.01%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	77.23%
FRME First Merchants	73.92%
IBOC International Bancshares	65.91%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	4.53%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	1.08%
FRME First Merchants	1.77%
IBOC International Bancshares	13.09%

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
FRME First Merchants	2,086	62.80 million	61.69 million	Optionable
IBOC International Bancshares	2,319	62.19 million	54.05 million	Optionable

IBOC, CATY, FFBC, and FRME Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Hsbc Holdings PLC Invests $2.42 Million in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

September 12 at 3:14 AM | marketbeat.com

VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al Takes $3.29 Million Position in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

September 10 at 5:12 AM | marketbeat.com

Allianz Asset Management GmbH Makes New Investment in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

September 10 at 3:19 AM | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Invests $5.31 Million in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

September 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Invests $1.69 Million in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

September 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Takes Position in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC Invests $2.74 Million in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Headlands Technologies LLC Acquires New Position in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Susquehanna International Group LLP Sells 31,571 Shares of International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Purchases New Holdings in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Beacon Pointe Advisors LLC Invests $1.12 Million in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Purchases Shares of 436,744 International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

International Bancshares: Strong Asset Quality Is Justification For Upside

August 28, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Azora Capital LP Invests $67.27 Million in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Quantbot Technologies LP Invests $1.12 Million in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Invests $4.37 Million in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

7,048,194 Shares in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC Acquired by BlackRock Inc.

August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of America Corp DE Grows Stake in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

August 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Walleye Capital LLC Makes New Investment in International Bancshares Corporation $IBOC

August 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

International Bancshares: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

August 6, 2026 | statesman.comS

IBOC Reports Q2 Net Income of $95.8 Million

August 6, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

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IBOC, CATY, FFBC, and FRME Company Descriptions

Cathay General Bancorp NASDAQ:CATY

$62.01 -0.03 (-0.05%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$62.04 +0.02 (+0.04%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM 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

$32.50 -0.03 (-0.09%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$32.51 +0.01 (+0.02%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM 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.

First Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$41.11 +0.01 (+0.02%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$41.12 +0.02 (+0.04%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

First Merchants Corporation operates as the financial holding company for First Merchants Bank that provides community banking services. The company offers a range of financial services, including time, savings, and demand deposits; and consumer, commercial, agri-business, public finance, and real estate mortgage loans. It also provides personal and corporate trust; brokerage and private wealth management; and letters of credit, repurchase agreements, and other corporate services. The company operates banking locations in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan counties. It also offers its services through electronic and mobile delivery channels. First Merchants Corporation was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Muncie, Indiana.

International Bancshares NASDAQ:IBOC

$70.94 -0.10 (-0.14%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$70.93 -0.01 (-0.01%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

International Bancshares Corporation, a financial holding company, provides commercial and retail banking services in Texas and the State of Oklahoma. It accepts checking and saving deposits; and offers commercial, real estate, personal, home improvement, automobile, and other installment and term loans. The company also provides international banking services, including letters of credit, commercial and industrial loans, and foreign exchange services. In addition, it offers other banking related services, such as credit cards, safety deposit boxes, collection, notary public, escrow, drive up and walk up facilities, and other customary banking services; and Internet banking services, as well as securities products through third party providers. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Laredo, Texas.

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