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Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ: CATY) closed the day trading at $48.43 up 1.85% from the previous closing price of $47.55. In other words, the price has increased by $1.85 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.54 million shares were traded. CATY stock price reached its highest trading level at $48.61 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $47.635.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of CATY, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.20 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.20.
On May 21, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $53.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 09 ’25 when TANG ANTHONY M sold 1,222 shares for $44.79 per share. The transaction valued at 54,733 led to the insider holds 186,283 shares of the business.
TANG ANTHONY M sold 1,200 shares of CATY for $53,040 on Jun 06 ’25. The Vice Chairman now owns 187,505 shares after completing the transaction at $44.20 per share. On May 12 ’25, another insider, Lo Thomas M., who serves as the EVP, Chief Admin Officer of the company, sold 729 shares for $45.00 each. As a result, the insider received 32,805 and left with 4,000 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CATY now has a Market Capitalization of 3346193408 and an Enterprise Value of 2626833920. As of this moment, Cathay’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.68, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.74. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.00. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.43 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.16. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.727.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CATY is 0.98, which has changed by 0.15199804 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16657472 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CATY has reached a high of $55.29, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $36.06. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.38%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.44%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, CATY traded about 434.49K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, CATY traded about 418720 shares per day. A total of 69.34M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 65.38M. Insiders hold about 5.37% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 75.12% stake in the company. Shares short for CATY as of 1753920000 were 1325854 with a Short Ratio of 3.05, compared to 1751241600 on 1508996. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1325854 and a Short% of Float of 2.8299998.
Dividends & Splits
CATY’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.36, up from 1.36 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.028601473The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.42. The current Payout Ratio is 34.40% for CATY, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-29 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-05-29. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2004-09-29 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) is currently in the spotlight, with 5.0 analysts actively rating and assessing its market standing.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.19, with high estimates of $1.24 and low estimates of $1.13.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $4.6 and $4.43 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $4.51. EPS for the following year is $4.97, with 5.0 analysts recommending between $5.15 and $4.75.
Revenue Estimates
5 analysts predict $202.71M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $205.4M to a low estimate of $199.9M. As of the current estimate, Cathay General Bancorp’s year-ago sales were $189.52MFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $206.21M. There is a high estimate of $208.7M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $204.1M.
A total of 5 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CATY’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $800.94M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $793.7M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $796.73M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $729.72MBased on 5 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $850.67M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $859.83M and the low estimate is $833M.
