CATY vs. AUB, FIBK, BOH, CVBF, INDB, FBP, SBCF, TOWN, HTH, and UCBI
Should you be buying Cathay General Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cathay General Bancorp include Atlantic Union Bankshares (AUB), First Interstate BancSystem (FIBK), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), CVB Financial (CVBF), Independent Bank (INDB), First BanCorp. (FBP), Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), TowneBank (TOWN), Hilltop (HTH), and United Community Banks (UCBI). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
Atlantic Union Bankshares (NASDAQ:AUB) and Cathay General Bancorp (NASDAQ:CATY) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Cathay General Bancorp received 309 more outperform votes than Atlantic Union Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.29% of users gave Atlantic Union Bankshares an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave Cathay General Bancorp an outperform vote.
78.6% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Atlantic Union Bankshares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Cathay General Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Atlantic Union Bankshares has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cathay General Bancorp has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cathay General Bancorp has a net margin of 24.41% compared to Cathay General Bancorp's net margin of 19.51%. Atlantic Union Bankshares' return on equity of 13.02% beat Cathay General Bancorp's return on equity.
Cathay General Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Atlantic Union Bankshares. Cathay General Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlantic Union Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cathay General Bancorp had 15 more articles in the media than Atlantic Union Bankshares. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Cathay General Bancorp and 9 mentions for Atlantic Union Bankshares. Atlantic Union Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat Cathay General Bancorp's score of -0.26 indicating that Cathay General Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Atlantic Union Bankshares presently has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.85%. Cathay General Bancorp has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.33%. Given Cathay General Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atlantic Union Bankshares is more favorable than Cathay General Bancorp.
Atlantic Union Bankshares pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Cathay General Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Atlantic Union Bankshares pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cathay General Bancorp pays out 30.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Atlantic Union Bankshares has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Atlantic Union Bankshares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Cathay General Bancorp beats Atlantic Union Bankshares on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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