East West Bancorp - EWBC Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for East West Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" EWBC shares.
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5 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for East West Bancorp's shares. Their EWBC share price forecasts range from $74.00 to $115.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $89.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.4% from the stock's current price.
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East West Bancorp's stock was trading at $78.68 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, EWBC shares have decreased by 6.1% and is now trading at $73.90.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 20th 2022.
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East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 21st. The financial services provider reported $1.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.68 by $0.13. The financial services provider had revenue of $551 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $525.37 million. East West Bancorp had a net margin of 45.32% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.45%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 23.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.57 earnings per share.

East West Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 22nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Monday, August 15th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 29th.
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East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.28%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 24.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EWBC will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.84% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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163 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.

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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 shareholders include Handelsbanken Fonder AB (1.44%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.03%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.82%), Lazard Asset Management LLC (0.73%), Ardevora Asset Management LLP (0.50%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.37%). Insiders that own company stock include Andy Yen, Catherine Zhou, Dominic Ng, Douglas Paul Krause, Herman Y Li, Irene H Oh, Iris S Chan, Jack C Liu, Jack C Liu, Molly Campbell, Paul H Irving and Rudolph Estrada.
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One share of EWBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $73.90.

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) has a market capitalization of $10.51 billion and generates $1.90 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $872.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.56 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,100 workers across the globe.

East West Bancorp was founded in 1998.

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.