Compare Stocks: ISTR, CATY, HOPE, and INDB

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	$60.84	$62.38	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.06B	0.89	484,168 shs	463,284 shs
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$13.68	$13.96	$9.80 ▼ $14.59	$1.75B	0.87	898,951 shs	1.33 million shs
INDB Independent Bank	$80.06	$82.89	$63.33 ▼ $87.50	$3.79B	0.78	378,083 shs	561,697 shs
ISTR Investar	$29.41	$30.18	$21.43 ▼ $31.77	$405.27M	0.45	95,736 shs	85,825 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%	-0.99%	-2.95%	-2.73%	+25.94%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	0.00%	-1.08%	-3.18%	+1.11%	+26.90%
INDB Independent Bank	0.00%	-1.40%	-4.58%	-5.50%	+15.28%
ISTR Investar	0.00%	+0.14%	-5.43%	+0.62%	+28.82%

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	$60.84	$62.38	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.06B	0.89	484,168 shs	463,284 shs
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$13.68	$13.96	$9.80 ▼ $14.59	$1.75B	0.87	898,951 shs	1.33 million shs
INDB Independent Bank	$80.06	$82.89	$63.33 ▼ $87.50	$3.79B	0.78	378,083 shs	561,697 shs
ISTR Investar	$29.41	$30.18	$21.43 ▼ $31.77	$405.27M	0.45	95,736 shs	85,825 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%	-0.99%	-2.95%	-2.73%	+25.94%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	0.00%	-1.08%	-3.18%	+1.11%	+26.90%
INDB Independent Bank	0.00%	-1.40%	-4.58%	-5.50%	+15.28%
ISTR Investar	0.00%	+0.14%	-5.43%	+0.62%	+28.82%

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	2.32% Upside
HOPE Hope Bancorp	2.50	Moderate Buy	$15.50	13.30% Upside
INDB Independent Bank	3.00	Buy	$91.86	14.74% Upside
ISTR Investar	2.33	Hold	$31.50	7.11% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ISTR, CATY, HOPE, and INDB Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/2/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
10/2/2026	INDB Independent Bank	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
9/23/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
9/23/2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
8/31/2026	ISTR Investar	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/27/2026	ISTR Investar	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	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)
8/5/2026	INDB Independent Bank	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/3/2026	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
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

(Data available from 10/5/2023 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	2.93	$5.11 per share	11.90	$43.00 per share	1.41
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$967.63M	1.81	$1.43 per share	9.55	$17.81 per share	0.77
INDB Independent Bank	$1.17B	3.24	$6.10 per share	13.12	$71.92 per share	1.11
ISTR Investar	$153.48M	2.64	$2.69 per share	10.94	$27.63 per share	1.06

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	11.88	10.21	N/A	24.66%	11.71%	1.43%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$61.59M	$1.00	13.68	8.60	N/A	12.53%	5.71%	0.70%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
INDB Independent Bank	$205.12M	$5.54	14.45	9.68	N/A	20.31%	9.19%	1.31%	10/15/2026 (Estimated)
ISTR Investar	$22.90M	$2.43	12.10	8.94	N/A	17.55%	11.65%	1.14%	10/19/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ISTR, CATY, HOPE, and INDB Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	$0.28	N/A	N/A	N/A	$151.34 million	N/A
10/20/2026	Q3 2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.45	N/A	N/A	N/A	$227.39 million	N/A
10/19/2026	Q3 2026	ISTR Investar	$0.7590	N/A	N/A	N/A	$37.45 million	N/A
10/15/2026	Q3 2026	INDB Independent Bank	$1.85	N/A	N/A	N/A	$262.37 million	N/A
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
7/20/2026	Q2 2026	ISTR Investar	$0.7070	$0.75	+$0.0430	$0.61	$36.35 million	$36.55 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	2.50%	+1.87%	29.69%	N/A
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$0.56	4.09%	N/A	56.00%	N/A
INDB Independent Bank	$2.56	3.20%	+5.10%	46.21%	15 Years
ISTR Investar	$0.48	1.63%	+11.97%	19.75%	10 Years

Latest ISTR, CATY, HOPE, and INDB Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
9/16/2026	ISTR Investar	quarterly	$0.12	1.66%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/30/2026
9/17/2026	INDB Independent Bank	quarterly	$0.64	3.22%	9/28/2026	9/28/2026	10/9/2026
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
HOPE Hope Bancorp	0.25	0.98	0.97
INDB Independent Bank	0.20	0.94	0.94
ISTR Investar	0.39	0.95	0.95

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	75.01%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	84.00%
INDB Independent Bank	83.40%
ISTR Investar	50.17%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	4.53%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	2.27%
INDB Independent Bank	1.60%
ISTR Investar	10.58%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	1,268	66.71 million	63.69 million	Optionable
HOPE Hope Bancorp	1,434	127.84 million	124.94 million	Optionable
INDB Independent Bank	2,294	47.37 million	46.61 million	Optionable
ISTR Investar	421	13.78 million	12.32 million	Not Optionable

ISTR, CATY, HOPE, and INDB Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Investar Holding stock heads into October 19 earnings

October 4 at 9:15 PM | ad-hoc-news.deA

Investar Holding Corporation stock holds steady around dividend date

September 21, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Squarepoint Ops LLC Purchases New Shares in Investar Holding Corporation $ISTR

September 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Investar Holding Corporation Declares Quarterly Common and Preferred Stock Cash Dividends

September 16, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Investar Holding Corporation $ISTR Shares Sold by HighTower Advisors LLC

September 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Investar (NASDAQ:ISTR) Stock Rating Upgraded by Wall Street Zen

September 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Acquires New Shares in Investar Holding Corporation $ISTR

September 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Wall Street Zen Downgrades Investar (NASDAQ:ISTR) to Hold

September 5, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Investar (ISTR) Upgraded to Buy: Here's What You Should Know

September 3, 2026 | zacks.com

Investar Holding (ISTR) Stock Forecast & Price Target

July 23, 2026 | investing.com

Investar Holding Corporation (ISTR) Stock Falls on Q2 2026 Earnings

July 20, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

Investar (ISTR) Q2 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates

July 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Investar (ISTR) Beats Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

July 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Investar Holding Corporation Announces 2026 Second Quarter Results

July 20, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Investar Holding Raises Dividend by 9%

June 17, 2026 | marketwatch.com

Investar Holding Corporation Declares Quarterly Common and Preferred Stock Cash Dividends

June 17, 2026 | prnewswire.com

Investar Holding Shareholders Approve Expanded Long-Term Incentive Plan

May 22, 2026 | tipranks.com

Investar Holding Corp ISTR

May 19, 2026 | morningstar.comM

Piper Sandler downgrades Investar Holding (ISTR)

April 24, 2026 | msn.com

Compared to Estimates, Investar (ISTR) Q1 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

April 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Investar (ISTR) Q1 Earnings Top Estimates

April 20, 2026 | zacks.com

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ISTR, CATY, HOPE, and INDB Company Descriptions

Cathay General Bancorp NASDAQ:CATY

$60.84 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$60.84 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 10/2/2026 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.

Hope Bancorp NASDAQ:HOPE

$13.68 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$13.68 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 04:35 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.

Independent Bank NASDAQ:INDB

$80.06 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$80.06 +0.00 (+0.00%)

As of 07:00 AM 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.

Investar NASDAQ:ISTR

$29.41 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 10/2/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$29.41 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 10/2/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Investar Holding Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Investar Bank that provides a range of commercial banking products to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in south Louisiana, southeast Texas, and Alabama in the United States. The company offers various deposit products and services, such as savings, checking, money market, and individual retirement accounts, as well as various certificates of deposit; debit and credit cards; internet, mobile, and video banking services; and reciprocal deposit products. It also provides commercial real estate loans; commercial and industrial loans, including working capital lines of credit and equipment loans; loans for the construction of commercial projects, and single family residential and multifamily properties; one-to-four family residential real estate loans, such as second mortgage loans; and consumer loans, such as secured and unsecured installment and term loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, and auto loans, as well as loans for personal, family, and household purposes. In addition, the company offers treasury management products, including remote deposit capture, lockbox payment processing, virtual vault, positive pay, ACH origination, wire transfer, investment sweep accounts, and business internet banking services. Further, it provides various other banking services, such as cashiers' checks, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, night depository, bank-by-mail, automated teller machines, electronic statements, interactive teller machines, online account opening, and mobile wallet payment services. Investar Holding Corporation was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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ISTR, CATY, HOPE, and INDB Headlines

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