NASDAQ:CATY - Cathay General Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Cathay General Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 21st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share on Thursday, December 12th. This represents a $1.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. View Cathay General Bancorp's Dividend History.

Cathay General Bancorp announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, May 7th 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 1.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 22nd. The bank reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.83 by $0.01. The bank earned $149.86 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $152.30 million. Cathay General Bancorp had a net margin of 34.29% and a return on equity of 12.67%. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.80 EPS. View Cathay General Bancorp's Earnings History.

Cathay General Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 15th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Cathay General Bancorp.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Cathay General Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $44.00. On average, they expect Cathay General Bancorp's share price to reach $41.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cathay General Bancorp.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cathay General Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Cathay General Bancorp.

News coverage about CATY stock has been trending extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cathay General Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Cathay General Bancorp.

Cathay General Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,620,000 shares, a drop of 5.3% from the December 15th total of 1,710,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 237,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.8 days. Currently, 2.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Cathay General Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

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Cathay General Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.36%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.25%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.16%), Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.04%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own Cathay General Bancorp stock include Anthony M Tang, Dunson K Cheng, Irwin Wong, Jane H Jelenko, Kelly L Chan, Kim R Bingham, Lisa L Kim and Peter Wu. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cathay General Bancorp.

CATY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Peregrine Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Cathay General Bancorp company stock in the last year include Anthony M Tang, Dunson K Cheng, Jane H Jelenko, Kim R Bingham and Lisa L Kim. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cathay General Bancorp.

CATY stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Sciencast Management LP and State of Michigan Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cathay General Bancorp.

Shares of CATY can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CATY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.82.

Cathay General Bancorp has a market capitalization of $2.93 billion and generates $814.02 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $271.89 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.48 on an earnings per share basis. Cathay General Bancorp employs 1,277 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Cathay General Bancorp.

The official website for Cathay General Bancorp is http://www.cathaybank.com/.

Cathay General Bancorp's mailing address is 777 N BROADWAY, LOS ANGELES CA, 90012. The bank can be reached via phone at 213-625-4700 or via email at [email protected]