What does purchases of equity securities mean?

Cash spent purchasing equity securities for the investment portfolio.

Cathay General Bancorp CATY Purchases of equity securities

Wells Fargo & CompanyWFC

$2.31B+75.5%

Independent Bank CorpINDB

$185K+3.4%

Valley National BankVLY

$1.54M-49.5%

Revenue$14.5M+11.1%

Net income$86.9M+10.3%

EPS (diluted)$1.14+14.9%

Operating cash flow$98.3M-0.6%

CapEx$2.3M-14.0%

Free cash flow$96.0M-0.2%

Market cap$3.96B+10.4%

P/E12.3×0.0×

P/S4.8×-0.1×

Net margin39.4%-0.7pp

FCF margin44.4%-1.4pp

Return on equity9.6%—

Debt / equity0.1×—

Reported directly by Cathay General Bancorp in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireEquitySecuritiesFvNi.

The official record: Cathay General Bancorp’s 10-K, filed March 2, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is Cathay General Bancorp's purchases of equity securities?: Cathay General Bancorp (CATY) reported purchases of equity securities of $750K in Q4 2025.
What does purchases of equity securities mean?: Cash spent purchasing equity securities for the investment portfolio.