NASDAQ:EWBC - East West Bancorp Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

East West Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 29th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, August 15th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.37%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 31st. This is a boost from East West Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View East West Bancorp's Dividend History.

East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 19th. The financial services provider reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.09 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $389.95 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $382.70 million. East West Bancorp had a net margin of 32.46% and a return on equity of 14.15%. The firm's revenue was up 15.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.81 EPS. View East West Bancorp's Earnings History.

East West Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October, 17th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for East West Bancorp.

13 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for East West Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $82.00. On average, they expect East West Bancorp's stock price to reach $71.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for East West Bancorp.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for East West Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to East West Bancorp include State Street (STT), M&T Bank (MTB), Deutsche Bank (DB), Northern Trust (NTRS), BANCO BRADESCO/S (BBDO), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Bank Of The Ozarks (OZRK), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), First Citizens BancShares Inc. Class A (FCNCA) and Associated Banc (ASB).

News stories about EWBC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. East West Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.07 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

East West Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Handelsbanken Fonder AB (1.64%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.51%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.13%), Sit Investment Associates Inc. (0.13%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.08%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own East West Bancorp stock include Dominic Ng, Douglas Paul Krause, Herman Y Li, Irene H Oh, Iris S Chan, Jack C Liu, Molly Campbell, Rudolph Estrada and Wendy H Cai-Lee. View Institutional Ownership Trends for East West Bancorp.

EWBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fisher Asset Management LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Fox Run Management L.L.C. and Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold East West Bancorp company stock in the last year include Dominic Ng, Douglas Paul Krause, Herman Y Li, Irene H Oh, Iris S Chan, Jack C Liu, Molly Campbell and Rudolph Estrada. View Insider Buying and Selling for East West Bancorp.

EWBC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., DnB Asset Management AS, Bank of Montreal Can, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund and Raymond James Trust N.A.. View Insider Buying and Selling for East West Bancorp.

Shares of EWBC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EWBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.22.

East West Bancorp has a market capitalization of $9.69 billion and generates $1.58 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $505.62 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.46 on an earnings per share basis. East West Bancorp employs 3,000 workers across the globe.

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]