Cathay General Bancorp - CATY Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cathay General Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Cathay General Bancorp's shares. Their CATY share price forecasts range from $43.00 to $47.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $45.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price.
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Cathay General Bancorp's stock was trading at $40.79 at the start of the year. Since then, CATY shares have increased by 9.5% and is now trading at $44.67.
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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 data on Wednesday, January, 25th. The bank reported $1.33 earnings per share 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 net margin of 39.71% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.80%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 22.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.98 EPS.

Cathay General Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, December 9th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.04%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 28th.
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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 3.04%. 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 24.95% 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include LSV Asset Management (1.74%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (1.60%), Ceredex Value Advisors LLC (0.43%), Nordea Investment Management AB (0.25%), Swiss National Bank (0.23%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.23%). 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 $44.67.

Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) has a market capitalization of $3.32 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 1,156 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.