East West Bancorp (EWBC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: EWBC) is the holding company for East West Bank, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Pasadena, California. Founded in 1973, the company provides banking and financial services to individuals, businesses, and institutions through its East West Bank subsidiary.

East West Bank offers deposit accounts, commercial and consumer lending, residential mortgage services, wealth management, treasury management, and international banking services. Its products support commercial real estate, commercial and industrial businesses, residential borrowers, and consumers.

The bank has a particular focus on serving communities and businesses connected to the United States and Greater China. Its operations and financial centers are concentrated in major U.S. markets, including California, Texas, New York, and Georgia, with additional capabilities supporting customers engaged in cross-border business involving China and Hong Kong.

Dominic Ng serves as East West Bancorp’s chairman and chief executive officer. He has led the company since 1992 and has overseen its development into a major financial institution serving customers across the United States and international markets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $127.60 to $130.88
• 50-Day Range: $126.76 to $136.60
• 52-Week Range: $92.67 to $137.47
• Volume: 662,312 shs
• Average Volume: 652,214 shs
• Market Capitalization: $17.70 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.42
• Dividend Yield: 2.48%
• Price Target: $144.15
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

East West Bancorp Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

East West Bancorp scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 221st out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

East West Bancorp has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 10 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

East West Bancorp has a consensus price target of $144.15, representing about 11.6% upside from its current price of $129.17.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

East West Bancorp has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.50%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for East West Bancorp are expected to grow by 6.50% in the coming year, from $10.61 to $11.30 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of East West Bancorp is 12.42, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.18.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of East West Bancorp is 12.42, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.68.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

East West Bancorp has a PEG Ratio of 1.50. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

East West Bancorp has a P/B Ratio of 2.00. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.04% of the float of East West Bancorp has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

East West Bancorp has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.66.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in East West Bancorp has recently increased by 6.17%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

East West Bancorp pays a meaningful dividend of 2.48%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

East West Bancorp has been increasing its dividend for 8 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of East West Bancorp is 30.77%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, East West Bancorp will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.32% next year. This indicates that East West Bancorp will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.17

News Sentiment

East West Bancorp has a news sentiment score of 1.17. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.88 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for East West Bancorp this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for EWBC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added East West Bancorp to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, East West Bancorp insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,670,896.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.94% of the stock of East West Bancorp is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.53% of the stock of East West Bancorp is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/21/2026
• Record date for 8/17 Dividend: 8/03/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/17 Dividend: 8/03/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/17/2026
• Today: 9/13/2026
• Barclays 24th Annual Global Financial Services Conference: 9/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/20/2026
• The BancAnalysts Association of Boston Conference: 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:EWBC
• CIK: 1069157
• Web: www.eastwestbank.com
• Phone: (626) 768-6000
• Fax: 302-655-5049
• Employees: 3,350
• Year Founded: 1998

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for East West Bancorp: $144.15
• High Price Target: $160.00
• Low Price Target: $123.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $10.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.42
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.17
• P/E Growth: 1.5
• Net Income: $1.33 billion
• Net Margins: 30.45%
• Pretax Margin: 39.10%
• Return on Equity: 16.07%
• Return on Assets: 1.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.33
• Current Ratio: 0.88
• Quick Ratio: 0.88

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.67 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.79
• Cash Flow: $11.15 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.58
• Book Value: $64.68 per share
• Price / Book: 2.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 137,010,000
• Free Float: 135,724,000
• Market Cap: $17.70 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.93