CATY vs. FIBK, TCBI, FBP, AUB, UCBI, BOH, CVBF, ASB, ABCB, and INDB
Should you be buying Cathay General Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cathay General Bancorp include First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Texas Capital Bancshares (TCBI), First BanCorp. (FBP), Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), United Community Banks (UCBI), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Associated Banc (ASB), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), and Independent Bank (INDB). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) and First Interstate BancSystem (NASDAQ:FIBK) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
Cathay General Bancorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Interstate BancSystem. Cathay General Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Interstate BancSystem, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cathay General Bancorp received 62 more outperform votes than First Interstate BancSystem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.06% of users gave Cathay General Bancorp an outperform vote while only 51.97% of users gave First Interstate BancSystem an outperform vote.
75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of First Interstate BancSystem shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of First Interstate BancSystem shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Interstate BancSystem has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cathay General Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than First Interstate BancSystem. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cathay General Bancorp and 1 mentions for First Interstate BancSystem. First Interstate BancSystem's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Cathay General Bancorp's score of 0.72 indicating that First Interstate BancSystem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cathay General Bancorp has a net margin of 27.02% compared to First Interstate BancSystem's net margin of 18.04%. Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity of 13.89% beat First Interstate BancSystem's return on equity.
Cathay General Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $37.80, suggesting a potential downside of 1.10%. First Interstate BancSystem has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.89%. Given First Interstate BancSystem's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe First Interstate BancSystem is more favorable than Cathay General Bancorp.
Cathay General Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. First Interstate BancSystem pays an annual dividend of $1.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Cathay General Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Interstate BancSystem pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Cathay General Bancorp beats First Interstate BancSystem on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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