Compare Stocks: AUB, 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
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	$40.80 -0.3%	$41.89	$30.87 ▼ $43.62	$5.84B	0.78	885,956 shs	2.46 million shs
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$62.55 -0.2%	$62.68	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.18B	0.85	369,521 shs	313,999 shs
FRME First Merchants	$41.91 -0.4%	$42.90	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.64B	0.84	350,651 shs	439,588 shs
FULT Fulton Financial	$24.01 -0.4%	$24.20	$16.60 ▼ $25.23	$4.60B	0.78	1.35 million shs	1.01 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	0.00%	+1.41%	-2.09%	+5.86%	+14.36%
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%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	$40.80 -0.3%	$41.89	$30.87 ▼ $43.62	$5.84B	0.78	885,956 shs	2.46 million shs
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$62.55 -0.2%	$62.68	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.18B	0.85	369,521 shs	313,999 shs
FRME First Merchants	$41.91 -0.4%	$42.90	$34.66 ▼ $45.33	$2.64B	0.84	350,651 shs	439,588 shs
FULT Fulton Financial	$24.01 -0.4%	$24.20	$16.60 ▼ $25.23	$4.60B	0.78	1.35 million shs	1.01 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	0.00%	+1.41%	-2.09%	+5.86%	+14.36%
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%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	2.63	Moderate Buy	$45.57	11.70% Upside
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	2.00	Hold	$62.25	-0.47% Downside
FRME First Merchants	2.50	Moderate Buy	$49.00	16.92% Upside
FULT Fulton Financial	2.33	Hold	$24.75	3.09% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest AUB, CATY, FRME, and FULT Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/8/2026	AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Reduce
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	AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ 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

(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
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	$2.04B	2.85	$2.90 per share	14.09	$35.13 per share	1.16
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.38B	3.01	$5.10 per share	12.27	$43.00 per share	1.45
FRME First Merchants	$1.05B	2.50	$4.41 per share	9.50	$42.22 per share	0.99
FULT Fulton Financial	$1.89B	2.42	$2.15 per share	11.18	$18.26 per share	1.31

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
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	$273.71M	$3.35	12.21	10.15	N/A	21.97%	10.55%	1.41%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$315.12M	$5.12	12.24	10.73	N/A	24.66%	11.71%	1.43%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
FRME First Merchants	$226M	$3.12	13.48	9.42	N/A	17.05%	8.86%	1.12%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
FULT Fulton Financial	$391.61M	$2.09	11.53	10.26	N/A	20.63%	12.68%	1.30%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)

Latest AUB, 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
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	$0.9190	$0.94	+$0.0210	$1.11	$389.06 million	$387.57 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	$1.48	3.63%	+6.81%	44.18%	14 Years
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.52	2.43%	+1.87%	29.69%	N/A
FRME First Merchants	$1.48	3.53%	+6.58%	47.44%	13 Years
FULT Fulton Financial	$0.76	3.17%	+5.45%	36.36%	4 Years

Latest AUB, 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
7/23/2026	AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	quarterly	$0.37	3.54%	8/7/2026	8/7/2026	8/21/2026
6/16/2026	FULT Fulton Financial	quarterly	$0.19	3.11%	7/1/2026	7/1/2026	7/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	0.15	0.93	0.93
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

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	78.58%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	75.01%
FRME First Merchants	73.92%
FULT Fulton Financial	72.02%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	0.96%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	4.53%
FRME First Merchants	1.77%
FULT Fulton Financial	0.01%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AUB Atlantic Union Bankshares	3,064	142.82 million	141.44 million	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

AUB, CATY, FRME, and FULT Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:FULT) Receives $24.75 Average PT from Analysts

September 5 at 3:14 AM | americanbankingnews.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Takes Position in Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT

September 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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September 2, 2026 | zacks.com

Man Group plc Invests $2.27 Million in Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Fulton Bank offers retirement planning among wealth management solutions

September 2, 2026 | lvb.comL

Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT Shares Purchased by Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Legal & General Group Plc Invests $10.54 Million in Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Fulton Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:FULT) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" by Analysts

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hsbc Holdings PLC Purchases Shares of 112,359 Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT

August 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Jupiter Topco LLC Makes New Investment in Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Buys New Stake in Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT

August 28, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Fulton Financial Looks For Earnings Post-Merger

August 26, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Palisade Capital Management LP Buys Shares of 517,485 Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Purchases New Shares in Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

BlackRock Inc. Makes New Investment in Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Principle Wealth Partners LLC Invests $994,000 in Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT

August 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Bank of America Corp DE Boosts Stake in Fulton Financial Corporation $FULT

August 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

FULTON FINANCIAL CORP. R (FU5.F) Q4 FY2025 earnings call transcript

August 13, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Fulton Financial Corp Director Lisa Crutchfield Sells 4,100 Shares at $24.80 Each

August 7, 2026 | kalkinemedia.comK

Lisa Crutchfield Sells 4,100 Shares of Fulton Financial (NASDAQ:FULT) Stock

August 7, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Fulton Financial Insider Move Sparks Fresh Attention From Investors

August 6, 2026 | tipranks.com

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AUB, CATY, FRME, and FULT Company Descriptions

Atlantic Union Bankshares NYSE:AUB

$40.80 -0.11 (-0.27%)

As of 09:30 AM Eastern

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Atlantic Union Bank that provides banking and related financial products and services to consumers and businesses in the United States. It operates in two segments, Wholesale Banking and Consumer Banking. The company accepts various deposit products, including checking, savings, time deposit, and money market accounts; certificates of deposit; and other depository services. It also provides loans for commercial, industrial, residential mortgage, and consumer purposes, as well as debit and credit cards. In addition, it provides treasury management and capital market, wealth management, private banking, trust, financial and retirement planning, brokerage, investment management, equipment finance, mortgage banking, and insurance products and services. The company offers products and services through full-service branches and ATMs, as well as through its mobile and internet banking. The company was formerly known as Union Bankshares Corporation and changed its name to Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation in May 2019. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia.

Cathay General Bancorp NASDAQ:CATY

$62.54 -0.15 (-0.23%)

As of 09:30 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 Merchants NASDAQ:FRME

$41.91 -0.15 (-0.36%)

As of 09:30 AM 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

$24.01 -0.09 (-0.38%)

As of 09:30 AM 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.

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