NASDAQ:CATYCathay General Bancorp Stock Price, Forecast & News

Cathay General Bancorp's stock was trading at $23.34 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CATY stock has increased by 6.1% and is now trading at $24.77. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Cathay General Bancorp is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 15th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Cathay General Bancorp.

Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) announced its earnings results on Monday, April, 27th. The bank reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.08. The bank earned $146.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $145.95 million. Cathay General Bancorp had a return on equity of 11.46% and a net margin of 32.18%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.83 earnings per share. View Cathay General Bancorp's earnings history.

Cathay General Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 21st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share on Friday, June 12th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 1st. View Cathay General Bancorp's dividend history.

Cathay General Bancorp declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Tuesday, May 7th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $50,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 1.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Cathay General Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $44.00. On average, they anticipate Cathay General Bancorp's stock price to reach $34.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Cathay General Bancorp.

Media stories about CATY stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cathay General Bancorp earned a news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Cathay General Bancorp.

Cathay General Bancorp saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,700,000 shares, a drop of 7.6% from the May 31st total of 1,840,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 511,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Cathay General Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

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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 $24.77.

Cathay General Bancorp has a market capitalization of $1.97 billion and generates $814.02 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $279.14 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.48 on an earnings per share basis. Cathay General Bancorp employs 1,219 workers across the globe.

The official website for Cathay General Bancorp is 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]