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) Return on equity

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Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 10.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.26% (fiscal 2017) to 14.7% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is below the Banks Regional industry median of 10.3% and below the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 10.9% 0.67
FY2024 10.3% (3.34)
FY2023 13.6% (1.07)
FY2022 14.7% 2.40
FY2021 12.3% 2.55
FY2020 9.71% (2.93)
FY2019 12.6% (0.64)
FY2018 13.3% 4.02
FY2017 9.26% (0.53)
FY2016 9.79% 0.17

Against its own ten years

Low 9.26% High 14.7%
Ten-year median 10.9%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on equity against peers

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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