Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) Stock AnalysisCATYCathay General Bancorp

Cathay General Bancorp is the holding company of Cathay Bank (the Bank). The Bank offers a range of financial services and operates over 24 branches in Southern California, 17 branches in Northern California, nine branches in New York State, four in Washington State, two in Illinois, two in Texas, one in Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, and New Jersey, one in Hong Kong, and a representative office in Taipei, Beijing, and Shanghai. It offers products and services to businesses, such as checking and deposit, lines of credits, commercial and commercial real estate loans, merchant services and payment processing, treasury management services, international banking and financing services, and other customary banking services. The Bank primarily services individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in the local markets in which its branches are located and provides commercial real estate loans, commercial loans, and others. It operates in the Financials sector (STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS industry).

Currently, Cathay General Bancorp is not a strong buy. The stock is trading at $61.87, with a low RSI of 26.179 indicating it is oversold. While the company reported a net income of $92.2 million for Q2, up from $77.5 million year-over-year, the insider selling has increased by 317.27%, which raises concerns about future performance.

8 analysts cover CATY: 3 rate it Buy, 5 Hold and 0 Sell. The average price target is 50.00.