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

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

Cathay General Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 15th. Investors of record on Monday, December 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share on Thursday, December 13th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.15%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 30th. This is a positive change 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 of Directors has initiated a share buyback program 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 reacquire up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 23rd. The bank reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.80. The bank earned $155.88 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $155.75 million. Cathay General Bancorp had a net margin of 37.84% and a return on equity of 13.18%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.61 EPS. View Cathay General Bancorp's Earnings History.

Cathay General Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 17th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Cathay General Bancorp.

3 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Cathay General Bancorp's shares. Their predictions range from $43.50 to $49.00. On average, they expect Cathay General Bancorp's share price to reach $46.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Cathay General Bancorp.

3 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 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Cathay General Bancorp.

News stories about CATY stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Cathay General Bancorp earned a news impact score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the bank a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely 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 shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.01%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.62%), Northern Trust Corp (2.91%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.64%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.55%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.46%). Company insiders that own Cathay General Bancorp stock include Anthony M Tang, Dunson K Cheng, Irwin Wong, Kelly L Chan, Kim R Bingham, Lisa L Kim, Patrick Lee 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 Prudential Financial Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Boston Advisors LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Two Sigma Investments LP and SG Americas Securities LLC. 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 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 Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, BlackRock Inc., Mackenzie Financial Corp, Geode Capital Management LLC, Rhumbline Advisers, Principal Financial Group Inc., MUFG Securities EMEA plc and GW&K Investment Management LLC. 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 $39.31.

Cathay General Bancorp has a market capitalization of $3.19 billion and generates $719.30 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $272.17 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.34 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]