---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-23-000088"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CATY"
cik: "0000861842"
company_name: "CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP"
filed_at: "2023-01-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T10:12:26.750914+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cathay General Bancorp reports Q4 net income $97.6M ($1.33 EPS), full year record $360.6M ($4.83 EPS)

## Summary
- Net income of $97.6M for Q4 2022, up 29.6% YoY; diluted EPS $1.33 vs $0.98.
- Full year 2022 net income record $360.6M, up 20.9% YoY; diluted EPS $4.83 vs $3.80.
- Net interest margin expanded to 3.87% in Q4 2022 from 3.23% in Q4 2021.
- Gross loans grew 12.3% YoY to $18.3B, including $550.5M from HSBC branch acquisition.
- Repurchased 3.2M shares for $141.3M in 2022 at avg $43.79/share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-23-000088
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CATY
- cik: 0000861842
- company_name: CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP
- filed_at: 2023-01-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000115752323000088/0001157523-23-000088-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000115752323000088/a53290481.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000088
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000088.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-23-000088.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP reported the fourth quarter of 2022 results: net income $97.6 million, EPS $1.33 per share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of 2022
  - Net income: $97.6 million
  - EPS: $1.33 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The Company reported net income of $97.6 million, or $1.33 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000115752323000088/0001157523-23-000088-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP reported the year ended December 31, 2022 results: net income $360.6 million, EPS $4.83 per share.
  - Period: the year ended December 31, 2022
  - Net income: $360.6 million
  - EPS: $4.83 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Record net income of $360.6 million and EPS of $4.83 per share in 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000115752323000088/0001157523-23-000088-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.