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

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for East West Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" EWBC shares.
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6 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for East West Bancorp's stock. Their EWBC share price forecasts range from $56.00 to $81.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $68.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.4% from the stock's current price.
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East West Bancorp's stock was trading at $65.90 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, EWBC shares have decreased by 21.7% and is now trading at $51.61.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 19th 2023.
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East West Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 19th at 11:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 412-317-0088 with passcode "8920769".

East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 20th. The financial services provider reported $2.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $2.20. The financial services provider had revenue of $645 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $660.49 million. East West Bancorp had a net margin of 37.14% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.86%. East West Bancorp's revenue was up 17.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.81 earnings per share.

East West Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Tuesday, August 15th. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 31st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT), Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB), SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE), First Trust Financial AlphaDEX Fund (FXO), Invesco S&P MidCap Quality ETF (XMHQ), Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST) and WBI BullBear Value 3000 ETF (WBIF).

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.60%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 21.52%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EWBC will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.27% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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336 employees have rated East West Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Dominic Ng on Glassdoor.com. Dominic Ng has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees. 84.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at East West Bancorp to a friend.

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East West Bancorp trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EWBC."

East West Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.16%), Capital International Investors (8.08%), State Street Corp (3.94%), Himalaya Capital Management LLC (1.96%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.83%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.58%). Insiders that own company stock include Dominic Ng, Douglas Paul Krause, Gary Teo, Irene H Oh, Iris S Chan, Jack C Liu, Jack C Liu, Manuel Pham Alvarez, Molly Campbell, Parker Shi and Rudolph Estrada.
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Shares of EWBC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EWBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.61.

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) has a market capitalization of $7.30 billion and generates $2.57 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.92 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,155 workers across the globe.

East West Bancorp's mailing address is 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE. 7TH FLOOR, PASADENA CA, 91101. The official website for the company is www.eastwestbank.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (626) 768-6000, via email at investorrelations@eastwestbank.com, or via fax at 302-655-5049.