Dividends

CATYCathay General Bancorp

StockNasdaqUnited StatesFinancialsEU retail: available

0.0% today · +42.9% over a year

9/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 84% of the instruments we score

Trend, Dividend safety: among the best of its peers. Dividend yield 2.29%.

Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) dividends: trailing yield 2.29%, Dividend Safety 93/100, raised 16 years in a row, 5-year growth 3.6% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
2.29%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.35%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$1.48
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.
93 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
2.29% → 1.88%
Forward
2.35% → 1.94%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 1.88%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

No upcoming payment has been announced yet.

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+3.6%
Years of dividend growth
16
Years without a cut
16
Payout ratio (earnings)
29%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
18%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.21, 2017 $0.87, 2018 $1.03, 2019 $1.24, 2020 $1.24, 2021 $1.27, 2022 $1.36, 2023 $1.36, 2024 $1.36, 2025 $1.362016: $0.212017: $0.872018: $1.032019: $1.242020: $1.242021: $1.272022: $1.362023: $1.362024: $1.362025: $1.36

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
28 Aug 2026—$0.38RegularSingle source1
28 May 2026—$0.38RegularSingle source1
26 Feb 2026—$0.38RegularSingle source1
01 Dec 2025—$0.34RegularSingle source1

Each payment is checked against 1 data feed. Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.

Similar dividend payers

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