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Cathay Financial

TAI:2882 · TW0002882008
InsuranceLarge

360

50
Profit price74
Owner Earnings Yield92
Dividend Yield83
Price/Sales30
EV / Gross Profit75
Price/Book64
Returns on capital79
Profit margins82
Cash Conversion56
Accruals64
Owner Earnings Margin76
Sales growth53
Profit Growth100
Long-Term EPS Growth3
Owner Earnings Growth91
Reinvestment52
Price momentum79
Debt load23
Debt serviceability1
Liquidity36
Analyst ratings53
Opinion Changes14
Price Target Upside4
Market mood63
Value Creation14/20strong value creator
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Cathay Financial generates returns well above its cost of capital, the foundation of durable shareholder value.

Profile

CountryTaiwan
IndustryInsurance
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeTWSE
Founded2001
Employees603
Websitecathayholdings.com
ISINTW0002882008
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
FTSE Taiwan Index (Taiwan)
Themes
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech

Description

Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides various financial products and services primarily in Taiwan. Subsidiaries The company’s central subsidiaries include Cathay Life Insurance, Cathay United Bank, Cathay Century In…

Analysis

Middle-of-the-road

Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. sits in the middle of our grid: average quality, average price, no obvious signal in either direction.

On valuation, the picture is attractive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 9.7×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around -4% a year, against analyst forecasts of -1%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is solid; the safety picture is stretched. The company scores 14/20 on our value-creation score: strong value creator.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
67
2023202420252026

All-time high

89

Jan 2023

All-time low

8

Jan 2026

Average rank

32

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
30
37
51
48
Price/Earnings
68
56
61
62
Price/Book
64
40
39
39
Dividend Yield
83
78
43
62
Value (overall)
67
33
44
47

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

Every rank runs 1–100 against true peers. Higher is always better.

360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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