Cathay General Bancorp - CATY Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cathay General Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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1 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Cathay General Bancorp's stock. Their CATY share price forecasts range from $43.00 to $44.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $43.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.3% from the stock's current price.
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Cathay General Bancorp's stock was trading at $42.99 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, CATY stock has decreased by 3.3% and is now trading at $41.55.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 24th 2022.
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Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 25th. The bank reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.03. The bank earned $189.78 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $184.53 million. Cathay General Bancorp had a net margin of 40.69% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.77%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.97 EPS.

Cathay General Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 18th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, September 9th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 29th.
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Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.43%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 33.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CATY will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.61% 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."

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One share of CATY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.55.

Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) has a market capitalization of $3.09 billion and generates $721.11 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $298.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.08 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,156 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.