Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) Stock Buybacks: 17.8% of Shares Retired Since 2017

Name: Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) shares outstanding since 2009, split adjusted
Creator: Buyback Radar
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Shares outstanding, 2009 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings

2009, 78,506,3052026-07-31, 66,713,820

A share bought in 2009

1.2× more of Cathay General Bancorp today, without buying another share. It was one of 78,506,305 shares then. It is one of 66,713,820 now.

Every filing we read17 fiscal years, split adjusted

Fiscal year	Date	Shares outstanding	Filing
2009	2010-03-01	78,506,305	10-K	cover page
2010	2010-12-31	78,531,783	10-K
2011	2012-02-15	78,658,254	10-K
2012	2013-01-31	78,785,472	10-K
2013	2013-12-31	79,589,869	10-K
2014	2015-02-17	79,821,331	10-K
2015	2016-02-16	79,595,563	10-K
2016	2017-02-15	79,620,817	10-K
2017	2018-02-15	81,117,521	10-K
2018	2019-02-15	80,478,248	10-K
2019	2020-02-14	79,648,638	10-K
2020	2021-02-15	79,510,444	10-K
2021	2022-02-15	75,286,834	10-K
2022	2023-02-15	72,556,149	10-K
2023	2024-02-15	72,669,738	10-K
2024	2025-02-14	70,285,292	10-K
2025	2026-02-13	66,957,659	10-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Cathay General Bancorp on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

What the buybacks cost, fiscal 2018 to 2025cash flow statement against share count

$693Mspent on buybacks

14Mfewer shares outstanding

4.5%buyback yield, last fiscal year’s spend on today’s market value

Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $59.96.

Cathay General Bancorp buybacks, answered

Is Cathay General Bancorp buying back its stock?

Yes. Cathay General Bancorp has 1.9% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 66,713,820 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 13.6%.

How many shares has Cathay General Bancorp bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Cathay General Bancorp has 14.4 million fewer shares than at its 2017 peak. That is 17.8% of the company.

How many shares does Cathay General Bancorp have outstanding?

66,713,820 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2017 peak it had 81,117,521.

What do Cathay General Bancorp's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Cathay General Bancorp stock in 2017 owns 1.2 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Cathay General Bancorp compare with other cannibal stocks?

Cathay General Bancorp ranks No. 396 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Ofg Bancorp (17.8%), Howmet Aerospace (17.8%), Salesforce (17.7%), Zoetis (17.5%).

Every answer is computed from Cathay General Bancorp's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

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