Cathay General Bancorp - CATY Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cathay General Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings 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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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Cathay General Bancorp's stock. Their CATY share price forecasts range from $39.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $44.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.4% 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 14.7% and is now trading at $34.81.
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Cathay General Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,250,000 shares, an increase of 21.0% from the February 28th total of 1,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 360,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.2 days. Currently, 3.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 24th 2023.
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Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 25th. The bank reported $1.33 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.39 by $0.06. The bank earned $213.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $217.67 million. Cathay General Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.80% and a net margin of 39.71%. Cathay General Bancorp's revenue was up 22.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.98 EPS.

Cathay General Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 16th. Investors of record on Monday, February 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Thursday, March 9th. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 24th.
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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), Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (SYLD), Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF (XMVM), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) and First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Small/Mid ETF (HSMV).

Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.98%. CATY has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 28.04%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CATY will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.86% 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.42%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.73%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.91%), LSV Asset Management (1.74%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.70%) and Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.60%). 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 $34.81.

Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) has a market capitalization of $2.53 billion and generates $908.09 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $360.64 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.85 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.