$19.03

2.55 (15.47%)

10/10/2008 4:00 PM

Cathay General Bancorp (CATY)

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A holding company for Cathay Bank that accepts checking, savings, and time deposits, and makes commercial, real estate, personal, home improvement, automobile, and other installment and term loans.

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Regional - Pacific Banks (80), Small Cap (1922)
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Cathay General Bancorp At A Glance

Current Price:	$19.03
Last Trade Time:	10/10/2008 4:00 PM
Open:	$16.00
Previous Close:	$16.48
Daily Range:	$15.00 - $20.40
52-Week Range:	$9.75 - $35.00
Volume:	853,775
Market Cap:	$1.24B
P/E Ratio:	11.13
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Other News Headlines for CATY

Cathay General Bancorp declares 10.5 cent dividend
7/1/2008 2:15:00 PM - AP
S&P MidCap 400 in Focus: CATY LPX
6/18/2008 1:11:00 PM - AP
Earnings roundup: Caterpillar, Honeywell
4/18/2008 5:55:00 PM - AP
Cathay General shares spike after 1Q profit beats Street
4/18/2008 2:55:00 PM - AP

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6 Cathay General Bancorp (CATY)

Avatar wuwei2jours (< 20) Submitted: 5/19/08 8:04 PM

This conservatively run Chinese-American old-fashioned bank has dropped in tandem with other banks, but without the justifications. It has only token exposure to mortgages (done mainly as a courtesy for its commercial customers), has increased its loan-loss reserve only insignificantly, and continu...More

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Recs 0 (CATY) UniMate (22.88) Submitted: 8/11/08 1:23 PM : Start Price: $23.11 CATY Score: 14.94 Regional pacific banks Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (CATY) dartthrowingmnky (71.04) Submitted: 7/21/08 2:47 PM : Start Price: $16.71 CATY Score: 43.53 dart #10 from drtthrowingmnky Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (CATY) josc (55.87) Submitted: 5/30/08 12:27 PM : Start Price: $15.12 CATY Score: 62.79 Well run bank, that is exposed to loans but only in the chinese american market, where people save more and have better credit. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 6 (CATY) wuwei2jours (< 20) Submitted: 5/19/08 8:04 PM : Start Price: $15.17 CATY Score: 63.33 This conservatively run Chinese-American old-fashioned bank has dropped in tandem with other banks, but without the justifications. It has only token exposure to mortgages (done mainly as a courtesy for its commercial customers), has increased its loan-loss reserve only insignificantly, and continues to increase its marketing reach through targeted acquisitions. At 77% of book value, a P/E of 6, and paying a 2.6% dividend, CATY is quite the lady among financial-services prospects. No trading thrills here, just a very conservative bargain to hold over at least a year or two. Apparently the stock price dropped another 6% last week because of the Chinese earthquake, which is not in any way connected to its business. We can learn from history: a few years ago the very temporary "Chinese-American spy plane incident" -- also totally unconnected -- caused a drop of nearly 20%, which very quickly reversed. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 2 (CATY) Ryanlanham (< 20) Submitted: 12/16/07 5:13 PM : Start Price: $25.88 CATY Score: 13.16 Hammered for no reason at all. Great value. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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