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CHCO vs. CATY, CTBI, FFBC, FRME, IBOC, NWBI, STBA, TOWN, UBSI, 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), First Merchants (FRME), International Bancshares (IBOC), Northwest Bancshares (NWBI), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Towne Bank (TOWN), United Bankshares (UBSI), and First Commonwealth Financial (FCF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

City vs. Its Competitors

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

Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, City has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Cathay General Bancorp$1.39B2.41$285.98M$4.1411.72
City$379.76M4.75$117.10M$8.3114.98

75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of City shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of City shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Cathay General Bancorp had 9 more articles in the media than City. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cathay General Bancorp and 3 mentions for City. City's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Cathay General Bancorp's score of 0.97 indicating that City is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

City has a net margin of 31.35% compared to Cathay General Bancorp's net margin of 21.44%. City's return on equity of 16.30% beat Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cathay General Bancorp21.44% 10.39% 1.27%
City 31.35%16.30%1.87%

Cathay General Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. City pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Cathay General Bancorp pays out 32.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. City pays out 38.0% 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 increased 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 currently has a consensus price target of $49.71, indicating a potential upside of 2.47%. City has a consensus price target of $133.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.03%. Given City's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe City is more favorable than Cathay General Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cathay General Bancorp
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
City
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Cathay General Bancorp beats City on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CHCO vs. The Competition

MetricCityBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.80B$2.00B$12.67B$10.25B
Dividend Yield2.52%2.61%5.42%4.63%
P/E Ratio14.9811.89244.6626.52
Price / Sales4.752.3930.93122.10
Price / Cash14.1312.8822.2460.46
Price / Book2.501.242.336.32
Net Income$117.10M$156.23M$1.01B$270.92M
7 Day Performance-1.45%-0.19%0.74%2.49%
1 Month Performance2.13%3.60%3.40%6.95%
1 Year Performance4.46%17.30%542.01%27.73%

City Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHCO
City
2.9166 of 5 stars
$124.50
+0.6%
$133.25
+7.0%
+3.9%$1.80B$379.76M14.98910Positive News
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.7419 of 5 stars
$49.85
+0.4%
$49.71
-0.3%
+11.9%$3.43B$1.39B12.041,266News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
CTBI
Community Trust Bancorp
4.5113 of 5 stars
$58.09
-0.5%
$64.50
+11.0%
+12.9%$1.06B$264.82M11.44980Positive News
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5357 of 5 stars
$26.34
-0.2%
$29.40
+11.6%
+0.2%$2.53B$1.62B10.542,090Positive News
Short Interest ↑
FRME
First Merchants
4.9396 of 5 stars
$40.89
-0.3%
$48.25
+18.0%
+6.8%$2.37B$637.74M10.592,120Positive News
IBOC
International Bancshares
3.5201 of 5 stars
$71.45
-0.2%
N/A+11.6%$4.45B$1.04B10.792,336News Coverage
Positive News
NWBI
Northwest Bancshares
4.2172 of 5 stars
$12.74
+0.2%
$15.00
+17.7%
-7.9%$1.86B$756.21M11.382,027Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
3.7463 of 5 stars
$39.38
-0.5%
$42.00
+6.7%
-11.5%$1.52B$384.51M11.551,206Positive News
TOWN
Towne Bank
3.8042 of 5 stars
$36.52
+0.4%
$40.67
+11.4%
+3.8%$2.73B$1.03B15.882,720Positive News
Short Interest ↑
UBSI
United Bankshares
3.6997 of 5 stars
$38.21
-0.2%
$40.50
+6.0%
-1.5%$5.42B$1.63B13.502,553Positive News
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.6508 of 5 stars
$17.74
-0.8%
$18.90
+6.6%
+1.7%$1.87B$490.58M13.641,545Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:CHCO) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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