East West Bancorp - EWBC Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for East West Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" EWBC shares.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for East West Bancorp's stock. Their EWBC share price forecasts range from $75.00 to $115.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $89.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.9% 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 stock has decreased by 6.1% and is now trading at $73.86.
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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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 20th 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 "3874614".

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 for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.68 by $0.13. The financial services provider earned $551 million during 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 was up 23.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.57 EPS.

East West Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 22nd. Investors 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 yield of 2.17%. The ex-dividend date 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 2.31%. 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 17.74% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Symmetry Partners LLC (0.02%) and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Douglas Paul Krause, Herman Y Li, Iris S Chan, Jack C Liu, Jack C Liu, Molly Campbell and Rudolph Estrada.
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One share of EWBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $73.86.

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) has a market capitalization of $10.41 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'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.