Cathay General Bancorp (CATY): Price and Financial Metrics

CATY POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where CATY ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 81.87% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CATY is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• CATY ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 12th percentile.

CATY Stock Summary

• CATY's equity multiplier -- a measure of assets relative to shareholders'equity -- is greater than that of 87.94% of US stocks.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 229.02%, CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP's debt growth rate surpasses 93.87% of about US stocks.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, CATY is more volatile than just 7.78% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CATY, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are FBNC, CHCO, AMNB, HTBI, and STBA.
• Visit CATY's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.cathaygeneralbancorp.com.

CATY Valuation Summary

• CATY's price/sales ratio is 3.4; this is 36% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• CATY's EV/EBIT ratio has moved down 5.2 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CATY.

CATY Growth Metrics

The 4 year price growth rate now stands at -32.67%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -28.29%.
• Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 45.78%.

CATY's revenue has moved up $145,839,000 over the prior 49 months.

The table below shows CATY's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	735.222	466.743	338.365
2022-06-30	691.467	347.044	311.727
2022-03-31	673.77	329.203	299.948
2021-12-31	668.366	334.317	298.304
2021-09-30	652.881	324.382	293.873
2021-06-30	626.212	314.101	278.27

CATY's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• CATY has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 42.38% of graded US stocks.
• CATY's asset turnover comes in at 0.033 -- ranking 322nd of 428 Banking stocks.
• WTFC, PACW, and LBAI are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CATY.

The table below shows CATY's key quality metrics over time.