At the time of writing, Cathay General Bancorp [CATY] stock is trading at $48.73, up 1.39%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The CATY shares have gain 0.54% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 13.56%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Cathay General Bancorp [NASDAQ: CATY] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 21, 2025, when Jefferies initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $53. Previously, Stephens upgraded its rating to Overweight on December 09, 2024. On November 06, 2023, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underweight but maintained its price target of $31 on the stock. Stephens started tracking the stock assigning a Equal-Weight rating and suggested a price target of $45 on July 14, 2022. Wedbush upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on May 02, 2018, and upped its price target to $49. In a note dated October 26, 2017, RBC Capital Mkts reiterated an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $43 to $45.
For the past year, the stock price of Cathay General Bancorp fluctuated between $36.06 and $55.29. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $53 within the next 12 months. Cathay General Bancorp [NASDAQ: CATY] shares were valued at $48.73 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 8.76% based on the average CATY price forecast.
Analyzing the CATY fundamentals
According to Cathay General Bancorp [NASDAQ:CATY], the company’s sales were 1.38B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -3.87% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.5% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.23%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.23%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.21%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.1. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.09.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Cathay General Bancorp [NASDAQ:CATY] has a current ratio of 0.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.47, the price to book ratio is 1.19 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.30.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved TANG ANTHONY M, Vice Chairman, that happened on Jun 09 ’25 when 1222.0 shares were sold. Vice Chairman, TANG ANTHONY M completed a deal on Jun 06 ’25 to sell 1200.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP, Chief Admin Officer Lo Thomas M. sold 729.0 shares on May 12 ’25.
