Cathay Financial Holding Co (LSE:CFHS) General and Admin. Expense: $1,295 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2025)


LSE:CFHS Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd LSE:CFHS
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GF Value $13.75
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What is Cathay Financial Holding Co General and Admin. Expense?

Cathay Financial Holding Co LSE:CFHS 54 General and Admin. Expense is $1,295 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus rates LSE:CFHS with a GF Score™ of 54/100 and a GF Value™ of $13.75. The stock has 9 warning signs investors should review.

General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. Cathay Financial Holding Co's General and Admin. Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2025 was $356 Mil. Its General and Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 was $1,295 Mil.

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Cathay Financial Holding Co General and Admin. Expense Historical Data

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Cathay Financial Holding Co General and Admin. Expense Chart

Cathay Financial Holding Co Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
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Cathay Financial Holding Co Quarterly Data
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Cathay Financial Holding Co General and Admin. Expense Calculation

General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company.

General and Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1,295 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

What does a General and Admin. Expense of $1,295 Mil mean?
Cathay Financial Holding Co (LSE:CFHS) has a General and Admin. Expense of $1,295 Mil as of Dec. 2025. General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. View historical data on Cathay Financial Holding Co and its competitors.
Is Cathay Financial Holding Co's General and Admin. Expense too high?
Cathay Financial Holding Co's current General and Admin. Expense is $1,295 Mil. Overall, Cathay Financial Holding Co has a GF Score™ of 54/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Cathay Financial Holding Co's General and Admin. Expense compare to AFL and MET?
Cathay Financial Holding Co's General and Admin. Expense of $1,295 Mil can be compared against companies in the Insurance industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good General and Admin. Expense for an Insurance company?
A good General and Admin. Expense depends on the Insurance industry context. However, General and Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high General and Admin. Expense mean?
A high General and Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. General and Admin. Expense is the aggregate total of general managing and administering expenses for the company. View historical data on Cathay Financial Holding Co and its competitors. Cathay Financial Holding Co's current General and Admin. Expense is $1,295 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Cathay Financial Holding Co stock overvalued right now?
Cathay Financial Holding Co (LSE:CFHS) has a current General and Admin. Expense of $1,295 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is $13.75, compared to a current price of $19.20 — trading 39.6% above its estimated fair value. The current General and Admin. Expense is $1,295 Mil. Cathay Financial Holding Co's overall GF Score™ is 54/100 with 9 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is General and Admin. Expense calculated?
General and Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Cathay Financial Holding Co (LSE:CFHS), the current General and Admin. Expense is $1,295 Mil as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Cathay Financial Holding Co (LSE:CFHS) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Cathay Financial Holding Co stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $19.20 is trading 39.6% above its estimated GF Value™ of $13.75.

Key valuation signals for LSE:CFHS:

  • General and Admin. Expense: $1,295 Mil
  • GF Value™: $13.75 vs. price of $19.20 (39.6% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 54/100 with 9 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the LSE:CFHS stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Cathay Financial Holding Co Business Description

Address No. 296, Jen Ai Road, Section 4, Taipei, TWN, 10633
Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd is a financial holding company. It has five operating segments Banking segment is engaged in permitted businesses of commercial banks; Life insurance segments is engaged in traditional insurance, investment-linked insurance and interest-sensitive sales of annuity insurance and providing financial planning services and policy loan services; Property insurance segment is engaged in fire insurance, marine insurance, land and air insurance, liability insurance, financial guarantee insurance, reinsurance and other insurance; Securities segment is engaged in brokerage, dealership, and underwriting business; and Other operating segment of which majority of revenue is from Life insurance. Geographically revenue comes from Taiwan.
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