Seasonality
CATY seasonality — Cathay General Bancorp
Over the last 11 years, CATY's strongest month on average has been November (+6.8%) and its weakest March (-7.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.08% | +4.39% | 60% | +10.7% | -7.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.44% | -1.75% | 40% | +11.3% | -14.6% | 10 |
| Mar | -7.21% | -4.46% | 20% | +8.3% | -25.4% | 10 |
| Apr | +1.27% | -0.33% | 50% | +21.7% | -10.4% | 10 |
| May | -0.25% | +2.68% | 60% | +7.0% | -8.6% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.22% | +4.31% | 60% | +10.1% | -5.6% | 10 |
| Jul | +3.66% | +2.33% | 60% | +18.2% | -8.1% | 10 |
| Aug | -0.71% | -0.08% | 50% | +10.4% | -10.8% | 10 |
| Sep | -1.12% | -2.40% | 30% | +14.0% | -12.2% | 10 |
| Oct | +3.38% | +3.18% | 70% | +18.6% | -9.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +6.84% | +5.04% | 89% | +20.1% | -0.7% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.09% | +1.24% | 50% | +21.5% | -15.3% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — CATY
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.8 | -2.9 | 0.3 | 12.4 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 1.9 | -3.1 | -2.8 | 8.2 | -0.3 | +32.7% | |
| 2025 | -0.2 | -1.1 | -8.3 | -3.1 | 2.8 | 6.2 | -0.7 | 10.4 | -3.8 | -5.3 | 6.6 | -0.1 | +1.6% |
| 2024 | -7.6 | -5.2 | -3.1 | -9.0 | 7.0 | 2.4 | 17.5 | -0.7 | -2.4 | 7.0 | 13.1 | -8.5 | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 7.8 | -2.4 | -19.6 | -7.7 | -8.2 | 10.1 | 18.2 | -6.3 | -2.4 | -2.5 | 8.2 | 21.5 | +9.3% |
| 2022 | 5.0 | 4.1 | -4.8 | -10.4 | 2.5 | -4.8 | 6.5 | 0.6 | -8.3 | 18.6 | 1.9 | -12.2 | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 5.1 | 11.3 | 8.3 | -0.7 | 3.0 | -5.6 | -3.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.9 | -0.7 | 2.6 | +33.5% |
| 2020 | -5.2 | -14.6 | -25.4 | 21.7 | -2.6 | -3.3 | -8.1 | 2.1 | -12.2 | 8.5 | 20.1 | 13.9 | -15.4% |
| 2019 | 10.7 | 4.6 | -12.7 | 8.5 | -8.6 | 6.8 | 3.6 | -10.8 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | +13.5% |
| 2018 | 3.7 | -6.1 | -2.6 | 0.1 | 5.5 | -4.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | -2.0 | -9.1 | 5.0 | -15.3 | -20.5% |
| 2017 | -4.2 | 7.8 | -4.1 | 1.0 | -6.7 | 6.9 | -1.3 | -5.8 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | -2.8 | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 8.3 |