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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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 3.12%, EPS grew 24.3%, free cash flow grew 272.5% and total debt fell 78.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 25.62 | 34.00 | 31.94 | 31.89 | 17.58 | 31.23 | 37.37 | 27.24 | 33.88 | 36.06 |
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| High | 38.73 | 45.54 | 45.59 | 40.06 | 38.38 | 46.43 | 48.88 | 45.72 | 55.29 | 51.95 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 1,129 | 1,271 | 1,277 | 1,219 | 1,205 | 1,156 | 1,178 | 1,246 | 1,266 | 1,268 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.56 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.77 | 1.05 | 1.10 | 1.09 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 532 | 612 | 720 | 814 | 743 | 721 | 908 | 1,311 | 1,391 | 1,385 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 84.75 | 86.87 | 83.04 | 76.12 | 80.03 | 90.47 | 87.05 | 61.81 | 52.47 | 59.07 | |||||
| EBT | 242 | 298 | 338 | 349 | 254 | 382 | 473 | 404 | 318 | 390 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 45.49 | 48.71 | 46.92 | 42.92 | 34.16 | 52.95 | 52.04 | 30.80 | 22.83 | 28.18 | |||||
| Net income | 175 | 176 | 272 | 279 | 229 | 298 | 361 | 354 | 286 | 315 | |||||
| Depreciation | 43 | 15 | 51 | 59 | 83 | 69 | 64 | 93 | 64 | 33 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 6.73 | 7.63 | 8.87 | 10.18 | 9.34 | 9.21 | 12.22 | 18.06 | 19.30 | 20.01 | ||||
| Earnings | 2.21 | 2.19 | 3.35 | 3.49 | 2.88 | 3.81 | 4.85 | 4.88 | 3.97 | 4.55 | |||||
| Cash flow | 2.96 | 3.10 | 4.15 | 5.44 | 4.02 | 4.27 | 6.29 | 5.30 | 4.57 | 5.33 | |||||
| Capex | (0.04) | 0.03 | (0.08) | (0.09) | (0.07) | (0.05) | (0.04) | (0.05) | (0.05) | (0.07) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 2.92 | 3.13 | 4.07 | 5.35 | 3.95 | 4.22 | 6.25 | 5.25 | 4.52 | 5.26 | |||||
| Book value | 23.10 | 24.59 | 26.15 | 28.68 | 30.38 | 31.25 | 33.28 | 37.71 | 39.49 | 42.28 | |||||
| Shares, m | 79 | 80 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 69 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 17.27 | 19.47 | 9.98 | 10.90 | 11.22 | 11.28 | 8.23 | 9.13 | 11.99 | 10.59 | ||||
| P/S | 5.67 | 5.59 | 3.78 | 3.74 | 3.45 | 4.67 | 3.28 | 2.47 | 2.47 | 2.42 | |||||
| P/B | 1.65 | 1.73 | 1.28 | 1.33 | 1.06 | 1.38 | 1.20 | 1.18 | 1.21 | 1.14 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 4.36 | 5.74 | 3.97 | 4.02 | 1.93 | 1.49 | 2.69 | 2.36 | 1.86 | 1.48 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 10.06 | 13.99 | 8.66 | 7.64 | 4.56 | 3.26 | 5.26 | 8.10 | 7.95 | 5.62 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 234 | 249 | 337 | 435 | 320 | 334 | 467 | 385 | 329 | 369 | ||||
| Capex | (4) | 2 | (7) | (7) | (6) | (4) | (3) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 231 | 251 | 330 | 428 | 314 | 331 | 464 | 381 | 326 | 364 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 282 | 547 | 821 | 881 | 846 | 650 | 840 | 984 | 655 | 564 | ||||
| Total debt | 487 | 642 | 737 | 818 | 293 | 162 | 627 | 675 | 197 | 137 | |||||
| Net debt | (698) | 94 | 136 | 224 | (1,128) | (2,287) | (536) | (154) | (843) | (1,288) | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 1,829 | 1,973 | 2,122 | 2,294 | 2,418 | 2,446 | 2,474 | 2,737 | 2,846 | 2,925 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 1.26 | 1.17 | 1.68 | 1.60 | 1.23 | 1.49 | 1.68 | 1.57 | 1.24 | 1.33 | ||||
| ROIC | 13.39 | 9.14 | 9.40 | 8.67 | 12.31 | 150.82 | 15.37 | 9.78 | 9.91 | 14.89 | |||||
| ROE | 9.79 | 9.26 | 13.28 | 12.64 | 9.71 | 12.26 | 14.66 | 13.59 | 10.25 | 10.92 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Cathay General Bancorp vs peers in Banks Regional (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FULT Fulton Financial Corporation | $4.3B | 10.7× | 11.1× | +7.53% (above 0%: growing) | −1.89% (below 0%: shrinking) | +6.85% (above 0%: growing) | 71.64% | 0.00% | Compare |
| IBOC International Bancshares Corporation | $4.2B | 10.1× | 11.2× | +0.96% (above 0%: growing) | −4.35% (below 0%: shrinking) | −3.33% (below 0%: shrinking) | 81.33% | 0.00% | Compare |
| FBP First BanCorp. | $4.2B | 11.4× | 10.8× | +4.63% (above 0%: growing) | +26.00% (above 0%: growing) | −5.21% (below 0%: shrinking) | 81.89% | 0.00% | Compare |
| UCB United Community Banks, Inc. | $4.1B | 11.1× | 11.3× | +0.18% (above 0%: growing) | +50.79% (above 0%: growing) | +43.32% (above 0%: growing) | 72.97% | 0.00% | Compare |
| BMA Macro Bank Inc. | $4.1B | 14.0× | 15.4× | +4.42% (above 0%: growing) | +17.44% (above 0%: growing) | +198.80% (above 0%: growing) | 77.07% | 0.00% | Compare |
| CATY Cathay General Bancorp | $4.0B | 11.6× | 10.6× | +3.12% (above 0%: growing) | +24.32% (above 0%: growing) | +272.48% (above 0%: growing) | 63.72% | 0.00% | |
| TCBI Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. | $3.9B | 11.7× | 13.4× | +4.34% (above 0%: growing) | +16.35% (above 0%: growing) | +62.74% (above 0%: growing) | 65.14% | 0.00% | Compare |
| WSFS WSFS Financial Corporation | $3.9B | 12.8× | 11.6× | +1.64% (above 0%: growing) | +28.35% (above 0%: growing) | −141.58% (below 0%: shrinking) | 81.45% | 0.00% | Compare |
| CVBF CVB Financial Corporation | $3.8B | 15.1× | 14.9× | +37.86% (above 0%: growing) | −19.44% (below 0%: shrinking) | +641.25% (above 0%: growing) | 81.88% | 0.00% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $4.1B | 11.6× | 11.5× | +4.38% | +16.90% | +25.09% | 79.20% | 0.00% |
Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) key facts
- Strength: Net income was $315.1 million, or $4.55 per share (basic), a net margin of 22.8%.
- Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) is a Banks Regional company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- Cathay General Bancorp’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.4 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024.
- As of October 16, 2026, CATY traded at $59.96, a market capitalization of $4.0 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 11.6× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.9× sales; its P/E is higher than 57% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Cathay General Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share, a yield of 2.47%, with a payout ratio of 28.9%.
- Return on equity was 10.9% and debt-to-equity 0.04.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.
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