Cathay General Bancorp

CATY Financial Banks Regional

Cathay General Bancorp’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.4 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+9.21%
EPS
+26.6%
Free cash flow
+272.5%
Total debt
−18.9%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

64.20 1.78 −2.70%
Market cap
$4.2B
P/E
11.8×
Fwd P/E
11.5×
Dividend yield
2.31%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) Net margin

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Cathay General Bancorp's net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 25.3%, up 2.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (22.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 20.6% (fiscal 2024) to 41.4% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Banks Regional industry median of 18.8% and above the Financial sector median of 14.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 22.8% 2.20
FY2024 20.6% (6.46)
FY2023 27.0% (12.69)
FY2022 39.7% (1.66)
FY2021 41.4% 10.58
FY2020 30.8% (3.50)
FY2019 34.3% (3.49)
FY2018 37.8% 9.04
FY2017 28.7% (4.15)
FY2016 32.9% (0.23)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 24.5% (1.90)
Jun 2026 26.4% 1.14
Mar 2026 25.3% 0.19
Dec 2025 25.1% 3.24
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 20.6% High 41.4%
Ten-year median 32.9%
Current reading's percentile 26

Net margin against peers

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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