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CATY Key Statistics

As of Sep 4, 2026

Trading

Open: $62.24
Previous Close: $62.58
Day's Range: 62.06–63.13
52-Week Range: 44.57–65.26
Volume: 314.00K
Beta: 0.84

Valuation

Market Cap: $4.18B
P/E Ratio: 12.27
Forward P/E: 10.57
PEG Ratio: 1.33
P/S ratio: 5.26
EPS (ttm): 5.11

Financials (FY)

Revenue (FY): $817.89M+12.08%
Net Income (FY): $315.12M+10.19%
Profit margin: 43.67%
Shares Outstanding: 66.71M
1-Year Return: +27.07%

Dividend and dates

Dividend: $1.52+2.43%
Ex-Dividend Date: August 28, 2026
Earnings Date: October 21, 2026
Avg Volume: 490.45K

Only metrics the company reports are shown. Data provided by Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Updated daily.

CATY Stock Return by Calendar Year

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

−18.47%+37.74%+31.36%

2016*2017201820192020202120222023202420252026*

Year	Return
2026 (partial year)	+31.36%
2025	+4.64%
2024	+10.34%
2023	+13.49%
2022	−2.11%
2021	+37.74%
2020	−11.64%
2019	+17.48%
2018	−18.47%
2017	+13.40%
2016 (partial year)	+25.91%

As of September 4, 2026.

CATY Revenue and Earnings by Fiscal Year

FY ends December

RevenueNet income

2022202320242025

Fiscal year	Revenue	Net income	Net margin
2025	$817.89M	$315.12M	38.5%
2024	$729.72M	$285.98M	39.2%
2023	$810.04M	$354.12M	43.7%
2022	$790.51M	$360.64M	45.6%

Fiscal year	Revenue	Gross profit	Operating income	Net income	Net margin
2025	$817.89M	—	—	$315.12M	38.5%
2024	$729.72M	—	—	$285.98M	39.2%
2023	$810.04M	—	—	$354.12M	43.7%
2022	$790.51M	—	—	$360.64M	45.6%

Annual figures as reported, in the company's reporting currency. As of December 31, 2025.

CATY Dividend History

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$1.36+0.0% vs 2024

Dividends per share, 2025 · 4 payments

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026*	$0.76	2	—
2025	$1.36	4	+0.0%
2024	$1.36	4	+0.0%
2023	$1.36	4	+0.0%

Year	Dividends per share	Payments	Change
2026 (partial year)	$0.76	2	—
2025	$1.36	4	+0.0%
2024	$1.36	4	+0.0%
2023	$1.36	4	+0.0%
2022	$1.36	4	+7.1%
2021	$1.27	4	+2.4%
2020	$1.24	4	+0.0%
2019	$1.24	4	+20.4%
2018	$1.03	4	+18.4%
2017	$0.87	4	+314.3%
2016	$0.21	1	—

Most recent payment: $0.38 per share, ex-dividend May 28, 2026. Per-share amounts summed by calendar year from ex-dividend dates. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

CATY Valuation vs Banks - Regional Median

Median of 380 stocks

Metric	CATY	Banks - Regional median	vs median
P/E	12.27	12.62	3% below
P/S ratio	5.26	3.77	39% above
Profit margin	43.67%	29.15%	14.5 pts above

Medians across 380 Banks - Regional stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of September 4, 2026.

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Analysis

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Company Overview

Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) carries a market capitalisation of $4.18B. The company sits in the Financial Services sector, in the Banks - Regional industry. The company reports 1,268 employees.

The most recent close on file for CATY is $62.69, dated September 4, 2026. That is +$0.11 (+0.18%) against the previous close. The 52-week range on file runs from $44.57 to $65.26. The latest close sits 40.66% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

Fiscal 2025 revenue came to $817.89M. Against the prior fiscal year total of $729.72M, that is a change of +12.08%. The same year closed with net income of $315.12M. That is +10.19% against the prior fiscal year. The reported profit margin is 43.67%. That is 14.5 percentage points above the Banks - Regional median of 29.15%. Earnings per share on a trailing basis come to 5.11.

Across the 4 fiscal years on file, revenue moves from $790.51M in 2022 to $817.89M in 2025. Of those 4 years, 4 report positive net income.

Valuation Assessment

CATY trades at a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 12.27. That is 2.77% below the Banks - Regional median of 12.62. The forward P/E on file is 10.57. The PEG ratio, which sets the P/E against expected earnings growth, reads 1.33. Measured against sales, the shares trade at 5.26 times revenue. On price-to-sales that is 39.47% above the Banks - Regional median of 3.77. 380 Banks - Regional companies report these metrics, and the medians quoted come from that group.

Over the trailing twelve months the price has returned +27.07%. Across 10 years the annualized return works out at +10.45%. Beta against the wider market is reported at 0.84. Annualized volatility over the trailing 10 years is 33.4%.

Growth & Income

The trailing dividend yield is 2.43%. That is 0.3 percentage points below the Banks - Regional median yield of 2.7%. The indicated annual rate is $1.52 a share. The ex-dividend date on file is August 28, 2026. Dividends are recorded for 11 calendar years; 2026 shows 2 payments totalling $0.76 a share. The year before, 2025, totalled $1.36 a share.

The strongest complete calendar year on file is 2021 at +37.74%; the weakest is 2018 at −18.47%. Of the 9 complete calendar years on file, 6 finished higher. 2026 is still running; the price is +31.36% year to date.

Peer Comparison

Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) operates in the Banks - Regional industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company	Ticker	Market Cap	P/E Ratio
Cathay General Bancorp	CATY	$4.18B	12.3
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.	MFG	$135.92B	16.0
HDFC Bank Limited	HDB	$119.10B	16.0
ICICI Bank Limited	IBN	$108.74B	18.7

The Banks - Regional industry average P/E ratio is 12.6x. Cathay General Bancorp trades at a P/E of 12.3.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each nightly rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of September 4, 2026.

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About Cathay General Bancorp

Cathay General Bancorp operates as the holding company for Cathay Bank that offers various commercial banking products and services to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in the United States. It offers savings accounts, checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, and public funds deposits, and acceptance of checking, savings, demand deposits, time deposits, real estate, and consumer loans. The company also provides loan products, such as commercial real estate loans, commercial loans, small business administration loans, residential mortgage loans, real estate construction loans, and home equity lines of credit, and installment loans to individuals for household and other consumer expenditures. In addition, it offers trade financing, letter of credit, wire transfer, foreign currency spot and forward contract, safe deposit, overdraft, cash checking, automatic teller machine, Internet banking, investment, and other customary bank services, as well as investment products and services, such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, insurance, annuities, and advisory services. The company was formerly known as Cathay Bancorp, Inc. and changed its name to Cathay General Bancorp in November 2003. Cathay General Bancorp was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) Stock Analysis