Q2 Earnings Estimate for EWBC Issued By DA Davidson

East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC - Free Report) - Analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for East West Bancorp in a report released on Thursday, April 24th. DA Davidson analyst G. Tenner anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $2.24 for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a "Buy" rating and a $100.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for East West Bancorp's current full-year earnings is $8.85 per share.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. StockNews.com cut East West Bancorp from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Friday, March 28th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on East West Bancorp from $120.00 to $100.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. Barclays lifted their target price on East West Bancorp from $105.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Morgan Stanley cut East West Bancorp from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and decreased their target price for the company from $118.00 to $90.00 in a research report on Monday, April 7th. Finally, Piper Sandler decreased their target price on East West Bancorp from $100.00 to $97.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, East West Bancorp presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $105.46.

East West Bancorp Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ EWBC traded down $1.54 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $84.77. The company had a trading volume of 240,642 shares, compared to its average volume of 923,867. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 0.91. East West Bancorp has a one year low of $68.27 and a one year high of $113.95. The firm has a market cap of $11.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.18, a PEG ratio of 1.29 and a beta of 1.09. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $84.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $94.86.

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 22nd. The financial services provider reported $2.09 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.05 by $0.04. East West Bancorp had a return on equity of 15.71% and a net margin of 25.73%. The company had revenue of $693.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $673.02 million.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On East West Bancorp

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of East West Bancorp by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 14,197,068 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $1,359,511,000 after purchasing an additional 70,503 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its stake in shares of East West Bancorp by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 7,990,468 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $765,167,000 after purchasing an additional 107,665 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of East West Bancorp by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,418,840 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $423,148,000 after purchasing an additional 186,887 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of East West Bancorp by 17.0% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 3,018,504 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $289,052,000 after purchasing an additional 437,676 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group boosted its stake in East West Bancorp by 6.9% during the fourth quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 2,831,862 shares of the financial services provider's stock worth $272,652,000 after acquiring an additional 183,675 shares in the last quarter. 89.53% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at East West Bancorp

In other news, CEO Dominic Ng sold 20,181 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.01, for a total value of $1,816,491.81. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 988,133 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $88,941,851.33. This represents a 2.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Jack C. Liu sold 1,275 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $104.53, for a total transaction of $133,275.75. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 14,557 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,521,643.21. This represents a 8.05 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 61,456 shares of company stock worth $5,549,969. 1.04% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

East West Bancorp Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 2nd will be given a $0.60 dividend. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.83%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 2nd. East West Bancorp's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 28.64%.

About East West Bancorp

East West Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for East West Bank that provides a range of personal and commercial banking services to businesses and individuals in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Consumer and Business Banking, Commercial Banking, and Other.