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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 19th. The financial services provider reported $1.18 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 15.12% and a net margin of 34.15%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 15.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month 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 share price to reach $71.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% 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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Media coverage about EWBC stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. East West Bancorp earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 47.07 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. 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%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.93%), Handelsbanken Fonder AB (1.64%) and Fisher Asset Management LLC (1.51%). 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., FMR LLC, Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Korea Investment CORP and Maltese Capital Management 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 bought 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 $63.71.

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]