Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) Interest Expense - Debt (2010 - 2026)
Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) reported Interest Expense - Debt of $1.46 million for Q2 2026, up 96.4% from $742,000 a year earlier and up 44.3% from the prior quarter.
Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) Interest Expense - Debt (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Cathay General Bancorp's Interest Expense - Debt came in at $6.07 million, up 14.6% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $6.25 million, down 56.3% from FY2024.
- Interest Expense - Debt has a five-year compound annual growth rate of 3.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Interest Expense - Debt came in at $14.28 million in FY2024 (-35.6%), $22.16 million in FY2023 (+276.9%), $5.88 million in FY2022 (+397.5%) and $1.18 million in FY2021 (-77.7%).
- Five-year quarterly Interest Expense - Debt spans a low of $143,000 in Q1 2022 and a high of $9.32 million in Q1 2024.
- Year over year, Interest Expense - Debt gained in two of the last eight quarters, with an average decline of 28.5%.
- The high point for year-over-year Interest Expense - Debt in five years was Q1 2024 (growth of 258.6%); the low point was Q4 2024 (a decline of 89.5%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $1.01 million (Q1 2026), $527,000 (Q4 2025) and $3.08 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.84 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.48 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 5.12 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.77 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.92 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.96 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.24 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.18 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.04 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 9.05 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.51 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.05 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.04 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.71 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.40 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.75 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.57 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.60 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.60 Mn |
Cathay General Bancorp Interest Expense - Debt API
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params = {"slug": "interest-expense-debt", "ticker": "CATY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
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const data = await res.json();