Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) vs Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. (GGAL)

Cathay General Bancorp and Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. are both Banks Regional companies. Cathay General Bancorp and Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. are of similar size ($4.2B and $4.0B). Cathay General Bancorp trades at the lower P/E: 11.8× against 15.2×. Cathay General Bancorp grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.21% against −65.4%. Cathay General Bancorp has the higher net margin (25.3% vs 7.53%) and the higher return on invested capital (18.0% vs −76.1%). Across the 16 metrics below, Cathay General Bancorp leads on 8 and Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CATY GGAL Banks Regional median
P/E 11.78 15.21 12.02
P/S 2.96 1.20 2.36
P/B 1.40 0.80 1.23
Price to free cash flow 7.99 0.70 10.60
EV/EBITDA — — —
EV/Sales — — —
Earnings yield 8.49% 6.58% 8.21%
Free cash flow yield 12.51% 143.09% 9.23%

Profitability

Metric CATY GGAL Banks Regional median
Gross margin 63.47% 84.41% 69.81%
Operating margin 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Net margin 25.32% 7.53% 18.82%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00% 17.97%
Return on equity 0.00% 0.00% 10.28%
Return on assets 1.47% 1.00% 1.13%
Return on invested capital 18.00% (76.07%) 8.45%

Growth

Metric CATY GGAL Banks Regional median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.21% (65.36%) 6.37%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 14.94% (91.19%) 18.85%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 13.25% 19.31% 12.65%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.61% (13.82%) 9.81%

Health

Metric CATY GGAL Banks Regional median
Debt to equity 0.09 0.00 0.17
Current ratio 1.04 1.08 0.93
Net debt to EBITDA 0.00 0.00 0.00

Dividend

Metric CATY GGAL Banks Regional median
Dividend yield 2.31% — 2.49%
Payout ratio 0.27 — 0.29

Size

Metric CATY GGAL Banks Regional median
Market cap 4.24b 3.96b 934.85m

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