AX vs. CATY, FFBC, FFIN, HWC, SSB, WSFS, WTFC, BY, FNB, and HOMB
Should you be buying Axos Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Axos Financial include Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), First Financial Bankshares (FFIN), Hancock Whitney (HWC), SouthState (SSB), WSFS Financial (WSFS), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Byline Bancorp (BY), F.N.B. (FNB), and Home BancShares (HOMB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Axos Financial vs. Its Competitors
Axos Financial (NYSE:AX) and Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
83.8% of Axos Financial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of Axos Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held 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.
Axos Financial has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Axos Financial presently has a consensus price target of $96.83, indicating a potential upside of 15.52%. Cathay General Bancorp has a consensus price target of $50.17, indicating a potential upside of 2.61%. Given Axos Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Axos Financial is more favorable than Cathay General Bancorp.
In the previous week, Cathay General Bancorp had 5 more articles in the media than Axos Financial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cathay General Bancorp and 1 mentions for Axos Financial. Cathay General Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Axos Financial's score of 0.36 indicating that Cathay General Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Axos Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Cathay General Bancorp. Axos Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cathay General Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Axos Financial has a net margin of 22.24% compared to Cathay General Bancorp's net margin of 21.44%. Axos Financial's return on equity of 17.11% beat Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity.
Summary
Axos Financial beats Cathay General Bancorp on 11 of the 15 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 NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:AX) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
