Earnings/Loss Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Earnings/Loss Per Share

Schedule Of Anti-Dilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share

	For the three months ended June 30,						For the six months ended June 30,
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net income/(loss) attributable to Cathay General Bancorp	$	24,302		$	1,923		$	46,365		($	23,818	)
Dividends on preferred stock		(4,107	)		(4,096	)		(8,212	)		(8,188	)
Net income/(loss) available to common stockholders	$	20,195		($	2,173	)	$	38,153		($	32,006	)
Weighted-average shares:
Basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding		78,635,324			78,513,577			78,622,464			75,599,854
Dilutive effect of weighted-average outstanding common share equivalents stock options		1,784			—			13,905			—
Diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding		78,637,108			78,513,577			78,636,369			75,599,854
Average stock options and warrants with anti-dilutive effect		6,303,432			6,942,498			6,251,149			6,965,213
Earnings/(loss) per common stock share:
Basic	$	0.26		($	0.03	)	$	0.49		($	0.42	)
Diluted	$	0.26		($	0.03	)	$	0.49		($	0.42	)