Will Cathay Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?

CATY Stock  USD 47.60  0.44  0.93%   
Slightly above 52% of Cathay General's investor base is interested to short. The current sentiment regarding investing in Cathay General Bancorp stock implies that many traders are impartial. Cathay General's investing sentiment can be driven by a variety of factors including economic data, Cathay General's earnings reports, geopolitical events, and overall market trends.
  
Cathay has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

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Cathay General Fundamental Analysis

We analyze Cathay General's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Cathay General using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Cathay General based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.

Profit Margin

Profit Margin Comparative Analysis

Cathay General is currently under evaluation in profit margin category among its peers. Profit Margin measures overall efficiency of a company and shows its ability to withstand competition as well as defend against adverse conditions such as rising costs, falling prices, decline in sales or management distress. Profit margin tells investors how well the company executes on its overall pricing strategies as well as how effective the company in controlling its costs.

Cathay General Bancorp Potential Pair-trading

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Peers

Cathay General Related Equities

GCBCGreene County   2.62   
0%
100.0%
CNOBConnectOne Bancorp   1.97   
0%
75.0%
CFBCrossFirst Bankshares   1.81   
0%
69.0%
BYByline Bancorp   1.72   
0%
65.0%
FNWBFirst Northwest   1.39   
0%
53.0%
CFFNCapitol Federal   1.15   
0%
43.0%
CCBCoastal Financial   0.69   
0%
26.0%
CWBCCommunity West   0.46   
0%
17.0%
HFWAHeritage Financial   0.39   
0%
14.0%
FFINFirst Financial   0.37   
0%
14.0%
GBCIGlacier Bancorp   0.36   
0%
13.0%
FFNWFirst Financial   0.23   
0%
8.0%
LNKBLINKBANCORP   0.14   
5.0%
0%
BSRRSierra Bancorp   0.93   
35.0%
0%
FNWDFinward Bancorp   1.23   
46.0%
0%

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