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 Monday, April 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 1st will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Tuesday, May 15th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 30th. View East West Bancorp's Dividend History.

East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) announced its earnings results on Thursday, April, 19th. The financial services provider reported $1.13 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.13. The financial services provider earned $401.14 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $364.81 million. East West Bancorp had a return on equity of 14.15% and a net margin of 32.46%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.88 earnings per share. View East West Bancorp's Earnings History.

East West Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for East West Bancorp.

13 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for East West Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $79.00. On average, they anticipate East West Bancorp's stock price to reach $72.4167 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% 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 6 hold ratings and 7 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), Deutsche Bank (DB), M&T Bank (MTB), 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 trended somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of 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 negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. East West Bancorp earned a news impact score of 0.24 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 48.05 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

East West Bancorp's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Handelsbanken Fonder AB (1.64%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.51%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.13%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.08%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.04%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). 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, 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 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, Raymond James Trust N.A. and Atria Investments 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 $66.85.

East West Bancorp has a market capitalization of $9.42 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]