East West Bancorp Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for East West Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" East West Bancorp stock.
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East West Bancorp saw a drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,150,000 shares, a drop of 20.7% from the March 31st total of 1,450,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 881,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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East West Bancorp is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 22nd 2021.
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East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 21st. The financial services provider reported $1.44 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.26 by $0.18. The financial services provider earned $426.56 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $407.91 million. East West Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.80% and a net margin of 31.05%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.00 EPS.
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East West Bancorp's stock was trading at $31.96 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EWBC shares have increased by 144.3% and is now trading at $78.07.
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East West Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, May 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.33 per share on Monday, May 17th. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, April 30th.
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East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.72%. East West Bancorp does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of East West Bancorp is 27.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, East West Bancorp will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.08% next year. This indicates that East West Bancorp will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for East West Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $33.00 to $260.00. On average, they expect East West Bancorp's stock price to reach $95.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.9% from the stock's current price.
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163 employees have rated East West Bancorp CEO Dominic Ng on Glassdoor.com. Dominic Ng has an approval rating of 86% among East West Bancorp'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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.74%), Capital International Investors (7.47%), Boston Partners (2.96%), Lord Abbett & CO. LLC (1.65%), Handelsbanken Fonder AB (1.47%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.37%). Company insiders that own East West Bancorp stock include Andy Yen, Catherine Zhou, Dominic Ng, Douglas Paul Krause, Herman Y Li, Irene H Oh, Iris S Chan, Jack C Liu, Paul H Irving and Rudolph Estrada.
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EWBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Jennison Associates LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Manning & Napier Group LLC, and Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold East West Bancorp company stock in the last year include Douglas Paul Krause, Iris S Chan, Jack C Liu, and Rudolph Estrada.
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EWBC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lazard Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Boston Partners, Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., and Northern Trust Corp. Company insiders that have bought East West Bancorp stock in the last two years include Andy Yen, Catherine Zhou, Dominic Ng, Irene H Oh, Paul H Irving, and Rudolph Estrada.
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One share of EWBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $78.07.

East West Bancorp has a market capitalization of $11.08 billion and generates $2.09 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $674.03 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.84 on an earnings per share basis.

East West Bancorp employs 3,200 workers across the globe.

East West Bancorp was founded in 1998.

The official website for East West Bancorp is www.eastwestbank.com.

East West Bancorp is headquartered at 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE. 7TH FLOOR, PASADENA CA, 91101.

East West Bancorp's mailing address is 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE. 7TH FLOOR, PASADENA CA, 91101. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 626-768-6000 or via email at [email protected]