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Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) Competitors

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CATY vs. ABCB, FFBC, HOPE, HWC, PPBI, SFNC, UBSI, ASB, FNB, and HOMB

Should you be buying Cathay General Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cathay General Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), Hope Bancorp (HOPE), Hancock Whitney (HWC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Simmons First National (SFNC), United Bankshares (UBSI), Associated Banc (ASB), F.N.B. (FNB), and Home BancShares (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Cathay General Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) and Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $72.14, indicating a potential upside of 0.09%. Cathay General Bancorp has a consensus target price of $49.71, indicating a potential downside of 0.87%. Given Ameris Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ameris Bancorp is more favorable than Cathay General Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Cathay General Bancorp
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameris Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Cathay General Bancorp. Cathay General Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ameris Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ameris Bancorp$1.13B4.39$358.68M$5.6812.69
Cathay General Bancorp$760.46M4.56$285.98M$4.1412.11

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Cathay General Bancorp's net margin of 21.44%. Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity of 10.39% beat Ameris Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Cathay General Bancorp 21.44%10.39%1.27%

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cathay General Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cathay General Bancorp pays out 32.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Cathay General Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 8 mentions for Cathay General Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Cathay General Bancorp's score of 1.24 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameris Bancorp
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Cathay General Bancorp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Cathay General Bancorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CATY vs. The Competition

MetricCathay General BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.47B$2.00B$12.53B$9.74B
Dividend Yield2.85%3.34%5.45%4.10%
P/E Ratio12.1118.4519.4126.05
Price / Sales4.562.9826.03121.10
Price / Cash9.7811.9619.1728.78
Price / Book1.251.342.306.07
Net Income$285.98M$198.60M$1.01B$265.39M
7 Day Performance5.25%3.99%1.79%1.56%
1 Month Performance7.57%4.66%1.61%0.48%
1 Year Performance11.84%11.70%541.36%18.88%

Cathay General Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.8431 of 5 stars
$50.15
+5.1%
$49.71
-0.9%
+11.8%$3.47B$760.46M12.111,266Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.0279 of 5 stars
$70.17
+0.3%
$72.14
+2.8%
+16.5%$4.81B$1.13B13.472,850Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.3643 of 5 stars
$24.68
+0.1%
$29.00
+17.5%
-0.8%$2.36B$1.62B9.872,090News Coverage
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.7433 of 5 stars
$10.36
+0.6%
$13.25
+27.9%
-14.1%$1.32B$1.00B29.601,244News Coverage
Positive News
HWC
Hancock Whitney
4.5279 of 5 stars
$60.68
+1.4%
$66.71
+9.9%
+21.0%$5.07B$2.06B11.173,476News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.6279 of 5 stars
$23.24
+0.5%
$27.50
+18.3%
-7.1%$2.24B$905.41M16.371,325News Coverage
Positive News
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.6948 of 5 stars
$19.95
+0.6%
$22.75
+14.0%
-2.1%$2.87B$1.46B15.712,946News Coverage
Positive News
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.5172 of 5 stars
$37.21
+0.9%
$40.50
+8.8%
+0.1%$5.23B$1.63B13.152,553Positive News
ASB
Associated Banc
4.5855 of 5 stars
$25.22
+1.5%
$27.78
+10.2%
+17.5%$4.12B$2.39B32.754,000Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.8394 of 5 stars
$15.83
+0.7%
$18.64
+17.8%
+11.8%$5.65B$2.57B12.364,280News Coverage
Positive News
HOMB
Home BancShares
3.9225 of 5 stars
$28.46
+0.8%
$33.20
+16.7%
+7.5%$5.56B$1.47B12.992,552Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CATY) was last updated on 8/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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