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CHCO vs. CATY, CTBI, FFBC, IBOC, NWBI, STBA, TOWN, UBSI, CBU, and FCF

Should you be buying City stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of City include Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), Community Trust Bancorp (CTBI), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), International Bancshares (IBOC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), Community Financial System (CBU), and First Commonwealth Financial (FCF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

City vs. Its Competitors

City (NASDAQ:CHCO) and Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and risk.

City has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

72.4% of City shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of City shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

City pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Cathay General Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. City pays out 40.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cathay General Bancorp pays out 31.4% 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. City has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Cathay General Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
City$297.42M5.94$117.10M$8.7014.01
Cathay General Bancorp$781.55M4.15$285.98M$4.3310.84

City has a net margin of 32.33% compared to Cathay General Bancorp's net margin of 22.26%. City's return on equity of 16.66% beat Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
City32.33% 16.66% 1.93%
Cathay General Bancorp 22.26%10.60%1.30%

City presently has a consensus target price of $133.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.36%. Cathay General Bancorp has a consensus target price of $50.60, indicating a potential upside of 7.80%. Given City's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe City is more favorable than Cathay General Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
City
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Cathay General Bancorp
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

In the previous week, Cathay General Bancorp had 16 more articles in the media than City. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Cathay General Bancorp and 10 mentions for City. City's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Cathay General Bancorp's score of 0.52 indicating that City is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
City
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cathay General Bancorp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

City and Cathay General Bancorp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CHCO vs. The Competition

MetricCityBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.77B$1.87B$12.71B$10.67B
Dividend Yield2.84%2.72%5.56%4.81%
P/E Ratio14.0110.9222.2130.71
Price / Sales5.942.8530.60173.93
Price / Cash13.8112.2222.3661.44
Price / Book2.211.162.206.61
Net Income$117.10M$158.22M$1.02B$277.10M
7 Day Performance2.03%2.09%1.57%2.56%
1 Month Performance-2.54%-2.25%0.23%3.77%
1 Year Performance5.71%11.12%538.07%33.01%

City Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHCO
City
3.1116 of 5 stars
$121.85
-0.5%
$133.25
+9.4%
+4.4%$1.77B$297.42M14.01910News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.2927 of 5 stars
$47.00
+2.4%
$50.17
+6.7%
+3.0%$3.17B$1.39B11.351,266News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.3573 of 5 stars
$52.95
+1.5%
$63.50
+19.9%
+1.5%$944.83M$376.01M10.24980Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.8817 of 5 stars
$24.30
+2.4%
$29.83
+22.8%
-5.3%$2.27B$1.62B9.722,090Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
IBOC
International Bancshares
3.3958 of 5 stars
$66.71
+1.8%
N/A+10.8%$4.07B$1.04B10.082,336Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
4.363 of 5 stars
$12.35
+2.1%
$14.50
+17.4%
-5.5%$1.77B$756.21M11.032,027Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.3292 of 5 stars
$35.69
+2.0%
$42.00
+17.7%
-5.4%$1.34B$564.96M10.471,206Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TOWN
Towne Bank
4.0523 of 5 stars
$33.48
-0.8%
$41.00
+22.5%
+2.4%$2.53B$1.03B14.562,720News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
UBSI
United Bankshares
4.1962 of 5 stars
$35.82
+1.7%
$40.50
+13.1%
-2.0%$4.99B$1.63B12.662,553Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
CBU
Community Financial System
4.7154 of 5 stars
$56.05
+0.8%
$68.00
+21.3%
-1.7%$2.94B$940.71M15.272,918Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
4.3259 of 5 stars
$16.16
+1.6%
$18.90
+16.9%
-3.0%$1.66B$699.69M12.431,545Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:CHCO) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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