Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cathay General Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" CATY shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CATY, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Cathay General Bancorp's stock. Their CATY share price forecasts range from $34.00 to $47.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $40.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.3% from the stock's current price.
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Cathay General Bancorp's stock was trading at $40.79 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CATY shares have decreased by 15.3% and is now trading at $34.53.
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Cathay General Bancorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,860,000 shares, an increase of 64.6% from the April 30th total of 1,130,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 409,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days. Currently, 2.7% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July 24th 2023.
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Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 20th. The bank reported $1.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.03. The bank earned $299.63 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $206.73 million. Cathay General Bancorp had a net margin of 37.58% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.47%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.99 earnings per share.

Cathay General Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 18th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 30th will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, June 9th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.94%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 26th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (XMLV), First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (SDVY), Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (SYLD), Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF (XMVM), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) and SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE).

Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.37%. CATY has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 26.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CATY will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.87% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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24 employees have rated Cathay General Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Chang M. Liu on Glassdoor.com. Chang M. Liu has an approval rating of 50% among the company's employees. This puts Chang M. Liu in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 47.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Cathay General Bancorp to a friend.

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Cathay General Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CATY."

Cathay General Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.09%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.96%), State Street Corp (4.42%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.64%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.99%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.89%). Insiders that own company stock include Anthony M Tang, Dunson K Cheng, Irwin Wong, Jane H Jelenko, Kim R Bingham, Peter Wu and Richard Sun.
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Shares of CATY stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CATY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.53.

Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) has a market capitalization of $2.50 billion and generates $908.09 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $360.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.18 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,178 workers across the globe.

Cathay General Bancorp's mailing address is 777 N BROADWAY, LOS ANGELES CA, 90012. The official website for the company is www.cathaybank.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (213) 625-4700, via email at monica.chen@cathaybank.com, or via fax at 302-655-5049.