Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Thursday, Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ: CATY) set off with pace as it heaved 0.50% to $47.97, before settling in for the price of $47.73 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, CATY posted a 52-week range of $36.06-$55.29.
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In the past 5-years timespan, the Financial sector firm’s annual sales growth was 2.60%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 2.60%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 11.44%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $70.03 million, simultaneously with a float of $66.34 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $3.36 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $43.80, while the 200-day Moving Average is $45.44.
Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) Ownership Facts and Figures
Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Banks – Regional industry. Cathay General Bancorp’s current insider ownership accounts for 5.37%, in contrast to 75.26% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Jun 09 ’25, this organization’s Vice Chairman sold 1,222 shares at the rate of 44.79, making the entire transaction reach 54,733 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 186,283. Preceding that transaction, on Jun 06 ’25, Company’s Vice Chairman sold 1,200 for 44.20, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 53,040. This particular insider is now the holder of 187,505 in total.
Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) Earnings and Revenue Records
Cathay General Bancorp’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 11.44% and is forecasted to reach 4.94 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 10.30% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 2.60% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ: CATY) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Cathay General Bancorp (CATY). Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $12.11, and its Beta score is 0.95. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 2.43. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 10.05.
In the same vein, CATY’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 3.96, a figure that is expected to reach 1.10 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 4.94 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Cathay General Bancorp (CATY)
Going through the that latest performance of [Cathay General Bancorp, CATY]. Its last 5-days volume of 0.38 million was inferior to the volume of 0.42 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 93.03% While, its Average True Range was 1.03.
Raw Stochastic average of Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 94.98%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 90.44% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 25.87% that was lower than 34.04% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
