NASDAQ:EWBC - East West Bancorp Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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 yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 31st. This is a positive change from East West Bancorp's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. View East West Bancorp's Dividend History.

East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 19th. The financial services provider reported $1.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $389.95 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $382.70 million. East West Bancorp had a return on equity of 15.12% and a net margin of 34.15%. The business's revenue was up 15.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. View East West Bancorp's Earnings History.

East West Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 18th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for East West Bancorp.

13 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for East West Bancorp's shares. Their predictions range from $41.00 to $82.00. On average, they anticipate East West Bancorp's stock price to reach $71.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets 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." View Analyst Ratings for East West Bancorp.

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News coverage about EWBC stock has been trending positive this week, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. East West Bancorp earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.37 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.50 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for East West Bancorp.

East West Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.10%), Boston Partners (4.47%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.29%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.43%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.93%) and Handelsbanken Fonder AB (1.64%). 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 Millennium Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd., Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and FMR LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Smith Asset Management Group LP, BlackRock Inc., BTIM Corp., First Trust Advisors LP, Boston Partners and Eagle Global Advisors LLC. 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 $62.79.

East West Bancorp has a market capitalization of $9.31 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]