Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.26 for Q1 2026, up 6.92% year-over-year from 0.25 in Q1 2025, and down 36.7% quarter-over-quarter from 0.42 in Q4 2025.

Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.26 in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.26, up 6.92% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.26 (down 9.59% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.26, down 14.29% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio fell to 0.26 in Q1 2026 per CATY's latest filing, from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.42 in Q4 2025 and troughed at 0.13 in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.28 and a median of 0.28 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio plunged 61.2% in 2022, then surged 73.62% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.25 in 2022, then soared by 56.94% to 0.39 in 2023, then slipped by 27.01% to 0.28 in 2024, then soared by 48.69% to 0.42 in 2025, then tumbled by 36.7% to 0.26 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CATY's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.26 in Q1 2026, 0.42 in Q4 2025, and 0.15 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Bank Of Chile 97,765.53 Bn 97,765.53 Bn - 5.86
2 Bank Bradesco 6,846.93 Bn 6,830.99 Bn - -
3 Lloyds Banking 384.13 Bn 384.40 Bn - -
4 First Capital 215.78 Bn 215.63 Bn - 0.18
5 Itau Unibanco Holding 202.78 Bn 202.78 Bn - -
6 Landmark Bancorp 180.37 Bn 180.34 Bn - 0.19
7 NatWest 168.65 Bn -51.67 Bn - -
8 Shinhan Financial 136.54 Bn 104.11 Bn - -1.36
9 Mizuho Financial 112.02 Bn 112.56 Bn - -
10 Cathay General Bancorp 4.08 Bn 3.99 Bn 151,000.00 0.26

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.26
Dec 31, 2025 0.42
Sep 30, 2025 0.15
Jun 30, 2025 0.38
Mar 31, 2025 0.25
Dec 31, 2024 0.28
Sep 30, 2024 0.30
Jun 30, 2024 0.34
Mar 31, 2024 0.28
Dec 31, 2023 0.39
Sep 30, 2023 0.23
Jun 30, 2023 0.27
Mar 31, 2023 0.20
Dec 31, 2022 0.25
Sep 30, 2022 0.13
Jun 30, 2022 0.28
Mar 31, 2022 0.30
Dec 31, 2021 0.27
Sep 30, 2021 0.34
Jun 30, 2021 0.33