Cathay General Bancorp (CATY)

Cathay General Bancorp Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 6 analysts that cover Cathay General Bancorp stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $49.5, which forecasts a -0.24% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $43 and the highest is $53.

Price Target: $49.5 (-0.24%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$43	$49.5	$51	$53
Change	-13.34%	-0.24%	+2.78%	+6.81%

* Price targets were last updated on Jul 23, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Cathay General Bancorp stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25
Strong Buy	0	0	1	1	1	1
Buy	2	2	1	1	1	1
Hold	2	2	2	2	3	3
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	5	5	6	6

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Gary Tenner DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Hold Maintains $45 → $51	Hold	Maintains	$45 → $51	+2.78%	Jul 23, 2025
Christopher Mcgratty Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $51 → $52	Hold	Maintains	$51 → $52	+4.80%	Jul 23, 2025
David Chiaverini Jefferies	Jefferies	Strong Buy Initiates $53	Strong Buy	Initiates	$53	+6.81%	May 21, 2025
Andrew Terrell Stephens & Co.	Stephens & Co.	Buy Reiterates $51	Buy	Reiterates	$51	+2.78%	Apr 22, 2025
Matthew Clark Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Sell Maintains $45 → $43	Sell	Maintains	$45 → $43	-13.34%	Jan 27, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

812.66M

Increased by 17.40%

from 692.22M

Revenue Next Year

867.68M

Increased by 6.77%

from 812.66M

EPS This Year

4.52

Increased by 14.33%

from 3.95

EPS Next Year

5.07

Increased by 12.31%

from 4.52

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	537.43M	668.37M	775.97M	784.06M	692.22M	812.66M	867.68M
Revenue Growth	-14.24%	24.36%	16.10%	1.04%	-11.71%	17.40%	6.77%
EPS	2.87	3.80	4.83	4.86	3.95	4.52	5.07
EPS Growth	-17.53%	32.40%	27.11%	0.62%	-18.72%	14.33%	12.31%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	10.99	9.78
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	841.0M	902.8M
Avg	812.7M	867.7M
Low	777.8M	816.3M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	21.5%	11.1%
Avg	17.4%	6.8%
Low	12.4%	0.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	4.77	5.41
Avg	4.52	5.07
Low	4.23	4.65

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	20.7%	19.7%
Avg	14.3%	12.3%
Low	7.1%	3.0%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.