secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP (CATY)
CIK:        0000861842
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-023229
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cathay Gen Bancorp Q2 EPS $1.10, net income $77.5M, NIM 3.27%, loan growth 2.2% QoQ
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- Net income $77.5M, up 11.5% from Q1; diluted EPS $1.10 vs $0.98 prior quarter.
- Net interest margin improved to 3.27% from 3.25% QoQ; net interest income $181.2M.
- Gross loans ex-held-for-sale rose $431.7M to $19.78B, led by CRE and commercial loans.
- Stock repurchased 804,179 shares at avg $44.22/share under new $150M buyback program.
- Non-performing assets increased 15% to $199.5M; allowance to loans 0.88% vs 0.90% prior.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000143774925023229/0001437749-25-023229-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861842/000143774925023229/caty20250722_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-023229

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