Cathay General Bancorp (CATY)

Cathay General Bancorp Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 4 analysts that cover Cathay General Bancorp stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $52.5, which forecasts a -7.88% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $47 and the highest is $58.

Price Target: $52.5 (-7.88%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$47	$52.5	$53	$58
Change	-17.53%	-7.88%	-7.00%	+1.77%

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	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26
Strong Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Buy	1	1	1	1	0	0
Hold	2	2	2	2	2	2
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	5	5	4	4

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Matthew Clark Piper Sandler	Piper Sandler	Sell Maintains $45 → $47	Sell	Maintains	$45 → $47	-17.53%	Apr 27, 2026
Christopher Mcgratty Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $55 → $58	Hold	Maintains	$55 → $58	+1.77%	Apr 23, 2026
Gary Tenner DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Hold Maintains $51 → $52	Hold	Maintains	$51 → $52	-8.76%	Oct 23, 2025
Christopher Mcgratty Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $53 → $55	Hold	Maintains	$53 → $55	-3.49%	Oct 22, 2025
Gary Tenner DA Davidson	DA Davidson	Hold Maintains $45 → $51	Hold	Maintains	$45 → $51	-10.51%	Jul 23, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

898.48M

Increased by 20.56%

from 745.26M

Revenue Next Year

944.95M

Increased by 5.17%

from 898.48M

EPS This Year

5.49

Increased by 20.98%

from 4.54

EPS Next Year

5.99

Increased by 9.13%

from 5.49

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	668.37M	775.97M	784.06M	692.22M	745.26M	898.48M	944.95M
Revenue Growth	24.36%	16.10%	1.04%	-11.71%	7.66%	20.56%	5.17%
EPS	3.80	4.83	4.86	3.95	4.54	5.49	5.99
EPS Growth	32.40%	27.11%	0.62%	-18.72%	14.94%	20.98%	9.13%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	10.38	9.51
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	929.7M	986.3M
Avg	898.5M	945.0M
Low	856.1M	896.8M

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	24.7%	9.8%
Avg	20.6%	5.2%
Low	14.9%	-0.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	5.78	6.58
Avg	5.49	5.99
Low	5.16	5.39

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	27.2%	19.9%
Avg	21.0%	9.1%
Low	13.8%	-1.8%

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 sources.