TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Cathay Bank vs Axos Bank

Bank

Cathay Bank

Los Angeles, California · $10 billion – $100 billion

69of 100
Moderate

Bank

Axos Bank

San Diego, California · $10 billion – $100 billion

71of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureCathay BankAxos Bank
TellerScore6971 (stronger)
Capital cushion65 (stronger)42
Loan quality8285 (stronger)
Earnings82100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity2654 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9193 (stronger)
Peer percentile69th76th
Total assets$24.6B$28.9B
Deposits / shares$21.1B$24.8B
Capital ratio11.52% (stronger)9.24%
Problem loans0.54%0.44% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.04% (stronger)0.09%
Return on assets1.55%2.16% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits96.6% (stronger)99.5%
Uninsured deposits49.2%21.2% (stronger)
Offices633
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)60635
Complaints per $1B deposits2.8 (stronger)25.6
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)9.0%37.2%

Axos Bank has the higher TellerScore (71 vs 69). On the 8 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Cathay Bank leads on 4 and Axos Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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