East West Bancorp - EWBC Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for East West Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" EWBC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in EWBC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for East West Bancorp's shares. Their EWBC share price forecasts range from $63.00 to $88.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $76.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 35.3% from the stock's current price.
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East West Bancorp's stock was trading at $65.90 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, EWBC stock has decreased by 14.5% and is now trading at $56.37.
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East West Bancorp saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,560,000 shares, an increase of 18.5% from the February 28th total of 2,160,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,360,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 20th 2023.
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East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 26th. The financial services provider reported $2.37 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.22 by $0.15. The financial services provider had revenue of $826.14 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $654.24 million. East West Bancorp had a net margin of 43.06% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.66%. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.52 earnings per share.

East West Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.48 per share on Tuesday, February 21st. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.41%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 3rd. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40.
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ETFs with the largest weight of East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT), Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB), SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE), Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST), First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF (FTXO), First Trust Financial AlphaDEX Fund (FXO) and WisdomTree U.S. Growth & Momentum Fund (WGRO).

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.51%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 24.24%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EWBC will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.62% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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336 employees have rated East West Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Dominic Ng on Glassdoor.com. Dominic Ng has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees. 84.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at East West Bancorp to a friend.

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

East West Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Boston Partners (4.27%), CI Investments Inc. (2.71%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.26%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (2.13%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.82%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.46%). Insiders that own company stock include Douglas Paul Krause, Irene H Oh, Iris S Chan, Jack C Liu, Jack C Liu, Molly Campbell and Rudolph Estrada.
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Shares of EWBC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EWBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.37.

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) has a market capitalization of $7.95 billion and generates $2.62 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.13 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.92 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,155 workers across the globe.

East West Bancorp's mailing address is 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE. 7TH FLOOR, PASADENA CA, 91101. The official website for the company is www.eastwestbank.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (626) 768-6000, via email at investorrelations@eastwestbank.com, or via fax at 302-655-5049.