* Cathay General Bancorp CATY.OQ reported quarterly
adjusted
earnings of $1.03 per share for the quarter ended in March.
The mean expectation of five analysts for the quarter was
for earnings of 91 cents per share.
* Revenue rose 18.2% to $179.42 million from a year ago;
analysts
expected $169.82 million.
* Cathay General Bancorp's reported EPS for the quarter was
99
cents.
* The mean earnings estimate of analysts had risen by
about 7.4%
in the last three months.
* In the last 30 days two analysts negatively revised
earnings
estimates
* Cathay General Bancorp shares had fallen by 3.2% this
quarter and gained 0.7% so far this year.
* The company reported quarterly net income of $75.03
million.
* Wall Street's median 12-month price target for Cathay
General
Bancorp is $51.00
* The current average analyst rating on the shares is "hold"
and
the breakdown of recommendations is 1 "strong buy" or "buy," 4
"hold" and no "sell" or "strong sell."
This summary was machine generated April 25 at 10:38 p.m. All
figures in US dollars unless otherwise stated