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

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

East West Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.275 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 31st. View East West Bancorp's Dividend History.

East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.16 by $0.12. The financial services provider earned $431.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $413.66 million. East West Bancorp had a net margin of 32.22% and a return on equity of 14.73%. East West Bancorp's revenue for the quarter was up 4.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.18 EPS. View East West Bancorp's Earnings History.

East West Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for East West Bancorp.

7 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for East West Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $57.00. On average, they anticipate East West Bancorp's stock price to reach $51.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for East West Bancorp.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for East West Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for East West Bancorp.

News coverage about EWBC stock has trended somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. East West Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for East West Bancorp.

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East West Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hahn Capital Management LLC (0.43%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.25%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.18%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.08%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.07%) and Arizona State Retirement System (0.06%). 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, Molly Campbell, Paul H Irving and Rudolph Estrada. View Institutional Ownership Trends for East West Bancorp.

EWBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hahn Capital Management LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Arizona State Retirement System, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and M&R Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold East West Bancorp company stock in the last year include Herman Y Li, Jack C Liu 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 Roubaix Capital LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Boston Trust Walden Corp, SFE Investment Counsel, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Brasada Capital Management LP, Raymond James Trust N.A. and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC. 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. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EWBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.20.

East West Bancorp has a market capitalization of $7.02 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.View Additional Information About East West Bancorp.

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

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]