Compare Stocks: INDB, CATY, FRME, and FULT

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	$62.69	$62.68	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.18B	0.85	369,521 shs	313,999 shs
FRME First Merchants	$42.06	$42.90	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.64B	0.84	350,651 shs	439,588 shs
FULT Fulton Financial	$24.10	$24.20	$16.60 ▼ $25.23	$4.60B	0.78	1.35 million shs	1.01 million shs
INDB Independent Bank	$83.90	$84.16	$63.33 ▼ $87.50	$3.97B	0.76	254,800 shs	217,058 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	0.00%	+2.42%	-1.14%	+6.11%	+26.29%
FRME First Merchants	0.00%	+1.42%	-1.24%	+3.55%	+2.56%
FULT Fulton Financial	0.00%	+2.73%	-0.58%	+7.11%	+24.36%
INDB Independent Bank	0.00%	+3.35%	+0.20%	+4.08%	+18.02%

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	$62.69	$62.68	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.18B	0.85	369,521 shs	313,999 shs
FRME First Merchants	$42.06	$42.90	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.64B	0.84	350,651 shs	439,588 shs
FULT Fulton Financial	$24.10	$24.20	$16.60 ▼ $25.23	$4.60B	0.78	1.35 million shs	1.01 million shs
INDB Independent Bank	$83.90	$84.16	$63.33 ▼ $87.50	$3.97B	0.76	254,800 shs	217,058 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	0.00%	+2.42%	-1.14%	+6.11%	+26.29%
FRME First Merchants	0.00%	+1.42%	-1.24%	+3.55%	+2.56%
FULT Fulton Financial	0.00%	+2.73%	-0.58%	+7.11%	+24.36%
INDB Independent Bank	0.00%	+3.35%	+0.20%	+4.08%	+18.02%

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	-0.70% Downside
FRME First Merchants	2.50	Moderate Buy	$49.00	16.50% Upside
FULT Fulton Financial	2.33	Hold	$24.75	2.70% Upside
INDB Independent Bank	2.71	Moderate Buy	$91.86	9.48% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest INDB, CATY, FRME, and FULT Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
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
8/5/2026	INDB Independent Bank	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	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)
8/3/2026	FULT Fulton Financial	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral	$23.00 ➝ $27.00
7/29/2026	FULT Fulton Financial	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	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
7/24/2026	FULT Fulton Financial	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$24.00 ➝ $25.00
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
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
7/20/2026	INDB Independent Bank	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform	$99.00 ➝ $96.00

(Data available from 9/8/2023 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	3.02	$5.11 per share	12.27	$43.00 per share	1.46
FRME First Merchants	$1.05B	2.51	$4.43 per share	9.50	$42.22 per share	1.00
FULT Fulton Financial	$1.89B	2.43	$2.16 per share	11.18	$18.26 per share	1.32
INDB Independent Bank	$1.17B	3.39	$6.10 per share	13.75	$71.92 per share	1.17

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	12.24	10.75	N/A	24.66%	11.71%	1.43%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
FRME First Merchants	$226M	$3.12	13.48	9.45	N/A	17.05%	8.86%	1.12%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
FULT Fulton Financial	$391.61M	$2.09	11.53	10.30	N/A	20.63%	12.68%	1.30%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
INDB Independent Bank	$205.12M	$5.54	15.14	10.01	N/A	20.31%	9.19%	1.31%	10/15/2026 (Estimated)

Latest INDB, CATY, FRME, and FULT Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
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
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	FULT Fulton Financial	$0.53	$0.60	+$0.07	$0.52	$358.83 million	$367.87 million
7/16/2026	Q2 2026	INDB Independent Bank	$1.79	$1.70	-$0.09	$1.70	$257.50 million	$253.32 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	2.42%	+1.87%	29.69%	N/A
FRME First Merchants	$1.48	3.52%	+6.58%	47.44%	13 Years
FULT Fulton Financial	$0.76	3.15%	+5.45%	36.36%	4 Years
INDB Independent Bank	$2.56	3.05%	+5.10%	46.21%	15 Years

Latest INDB, CATY, FRME, and FULT 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
8/14/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	quarterly	$0.38	2.46%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/8/2026
6/16/2026	FULT Fulton Financial	quarterly	$0.19	3.11%	7/1/2026	7/1/2026	7/15/2026
6/18/2026	INDB Independent Bank	quarterly	$0.64	3.07%	6/29/2026	6/29/2026	7/9/2026

(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
FRME First Merchants	0.56	0.95	0.95
FULT Fulton Financial	0.15	0.92	0.92
INDB Independent Bank	0.20	0.94	0.94

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	75.01%
FRME First Merchants	73.92%
FULT Fulton Financial	72.02%
INDB Independent Bank	83.40%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	4.53%
FRME First Merchants	1.77%
FULT Fulton Financial	0.01%
INDB Independent Bank	1.60%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	1,268	66.71 million	63.69 million	Optionable
FRME First Merchants	2,086	62.80 million	61.69 million	Optionable
FULT Fulton Financial	3,400	190.91 million	190.90 million	Optionable
INDB Independent Bank	2,294	47.37 million	46.61 million	Optionable

INDB, CATY, FRME, and FULT Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

William John Sempolinski Invests $1.23 Million in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB

September 5 at 6:23 AM | marketbeat.com

149,542 Shares in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB Purchased by Bank of New York Mellon Corp

September 5 at 3:22 AM | marketbeat.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Makes New Investment in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB

September 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Invests $9.38 Million in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Independent Bank Corp. stock gains on solid Q2 earnings and supportive analyst view

September 1, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Independent Bank Corp. $INDB Shares Bought by Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Takes Position in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Analysts Set Independent Bank Corp. (NASDAQ:INDB) PT at $91.86

August 29, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

492,923 Shares in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB Acquired by Bank of New York Mellon Corp

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Buys Shares of 326,056 Independent Bank Corp. $INDB

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Independent Bank (NASDAQ:INDB) Director Thomas Venables Sells 3,750 Shares of Stock

August 27, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Basswood Capital Management L.L.C. Invests $11.52 Million in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Independent Bank (NASDAQ:INDB) Director Sells $311,250.00 in Stock

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

100,522 Shares in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB Bought by Cibc World Market Inc.

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Invests $4.27 Million in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Globeflex Capital L P Makes New Investment in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB

August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Independent Bank Corp. (NASDAQ:INDB) Given Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

BlackRock Inc. Buys New Position in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Great Lakes Advisors LLC Invests $1.35 Million in Independent Bank Corp. $INDB

August 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Q2 Earnings Outperformers: Independent Bank (NASDAQ:INDB) And The Rest Of The Regional Banks Stocks

August 21, 2026 | msn.com

NFJ Investment Group LLC Purchases Shares of 421,384 Independent Bank Corp. $INDB

August 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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INDB, CATY, FRME, and FULT Company Descriptions

Cathay General Bancorp NASDAQ:CATY

$62.69 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 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 Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$42.06 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 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.

Fulton Financial NASDAQ:FULT

$24.10 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Fulton Financial Corporation operates as a financial holding company that provides consumer and commercial banking products and services in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia. It accepts various checking accounts and savings deposit products, certificates of deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company offers consumer loans products, including home equity loans and lines of credit, automobile loans, personal lines of credit, and checking account overdraft protection; construction and jumbo residential mortgage loans; and commercial lending products comprising commercial real estate, commercial and industrial, and construction loans, as well as equipment lease financing loans. In addition, it offers letters of credit, cash management services, and traditional deposit products; and wealth management services, including investment management, trust, brokerage, insurance, and investment advisory services. Further, the company owns trust preferred securities; and sells various life insurance products. It provides its products and services through financial center offices, as well as through a network of automated teller machines, telephone banking, mobile banking, and online banking. Fulton Financial Corporation was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Independent Bank NASDAQ:INDB

$83.90 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 09/4/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Independent Bank Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Rockland Trust Company that provides commercial banking products and services to individuals and small-to-medium sized businesses in the United States. The company provides interest checking, money market, and savings accounts, as well as demand deposits and time certificates of deposit. It offers commercial real estate and construction, commercial and industrial, small business, secured and unsecured commercial, and consumer real estate loans; term loans and revolving/nonrevolving lines of credit; overdraft protection and letters of credit; and residential mortgages and home equity loans and lines. In addition, the company provides cash management services, such as ACH transaction processing, positive pay, and remote deposit services; investment management and trust services to individuals, institutions, small businesses, and charitable institutions; mobile, online, and telephone banking; estate settlement, financial planning, tax services, and other services; automated teller machines; debit and credit cards; and mutual fund and unit investment trust shares, third party model portfolios, general securities, fixed and variable annuities, and life insurance products, as well as advisory platforms. Further, it invests in low-income housing tax credit projects; holds, maintains, and disposes foreclosed properties; and operates as an investment advisor. Independent Bank Corp. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Rockland, Massachusetts.

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