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

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

Cathay General Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share on Thursday, December 13th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.18%. This is an increase from Cathay General Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.24. View Cathay General Bancorp's Dividend History.

Cathay General Bancorp announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Friday, October 26th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $45,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 17th. The bank reported $0.85 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.85. The bank earned $152.92 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $153.90 million. Cathay General Bancorp had a net margin of 33.74% and a return on equity of 12.64%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.61 EPS. View Cathay General Bancorp's Earnings History.

Cathay General Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cathay General Bancorp.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Cathay General Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $43.50 to $51.00. On average, they expect Cathay General Bancorp's share price to reach $47.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cathay General Bancorp.

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

Headlines about CATY stock have been trending positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Cathay General Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

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Cathay General Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.47%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.87%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.62%), LSV Asset Management (1.43%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.04%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.04%). Company insiders that own Cathay General Bancorp stock include Anthony M Tang, Dunson K Cheng, Heng W Chen, Irwin Wong, Kim R Bingham, Lisa L Kim, Patrick Lee, Peter Wu and Ting Y Liu. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Cathay General Bancorp.

CATY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, ClariVest Asset Management LLC, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Quantbot Technologies LP, Comerica Bank and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have sold Cathay General Bancorp company stock in the last year include Anthony M Tang, Dunson K Cheng, Irwin Wong, Kim R Bingham, Lisa L Kim and Peter Wu. View Insider Buying and Selling for Cathay General Bancorp.

CATY stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Victory Capital Management Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., Man Group plc, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CATY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.95.

Cathay General Bancorp has a market capitalization of $3.14 billion and generates $612.45 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $176.04 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.46 on an earnings per share basis. Cathay General Bancorp employs 1,271 workers across the globe.

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]