The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

CATY

Concerning the House

Cathay General Bancorp operates as the holding company for Cathay Bank that offers various commercial banking products and services to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in the United States. It offers savings accounts, checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, and public funds deposits, and acceptance of checking, savings, demand deposits, time deposits, real estate, and consumer loans. The company also provides loan products, such as commercial real estate loans, commercial loans, small business administration loans, residential mortgage loans, real estate construction loans, and home equity lines of credit, and installment loans to individuals for household and other consumer expenditures. In addition, it offers trade financing, letter of credit, wire transfer, foreign currency spot and forward contract, safe deposit, overdraft, cash checking, automatic teller machine, Internet banking, investment, and other customary bank services, as well as investment products and services, such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, insurance, annuities, and advisory services. The company was formerly known as Cathay Bancorp, Inc. and changed its name to Cathay General Bancorp in November 2003. Cathay General Bancorp was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

United States · www.cathaygeneralbancorp.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Net income$285.98M+19.3%
Cash from ops$368.57M+5.5%
Quotation

$64.61

+0.15 (+0.2%)

52w hi$64.61
52w lo$44.23
Vol326.89K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.44

Short+0.29
Medium+0.52
Long+0.58

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Cathay General Bancorp

Financial Services · Banks - Regional

Market cap$4.31B
Enterprise value$3.13B
Trailing P/E12.64x
Forward P/E10.90x
EV / EBITDA
P / S (ttm)5.42x
Profit margin43.7%
Return on equity11.7%
Revenue growth+13.8%
Earnings growth+24.5%
Debt / equity
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.91
Corr SPX0.52
Annual vol28.6%
Annual ret+27.3%
Sharpe0.95
Max DD-30.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.35
Sector+0.09
Technical+0.26
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$64.89$65.05$64.42$64.61326.89K
Aug 12$63.87$64.61$63.85$64.46296.80K
Aug 11$63.49$64.00$63.45$63.70311.30K
Aug 10$62.91$63.63$62.91$63.37361.10K
Aug 7$63.29$63.83$62.86$63.41300.20K