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, October 17th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.275 per share on Friday, November 15th. This represents a $1.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, October 31st. View East West Bancorp's Dividend History.

East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 17th. The financial services provider reported $1.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.03. The financial services provider earned $421.28 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $418.32 million. East West Bancorp had a net margin of 31.98% and a return on equity of 14.90%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.17 EPS. View East West Bancorp's Earnings History.

East West Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for East West Bancorp.

East West Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

7 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for East West Bancorp's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect East West Bancorp's stock price to reach $51.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.5% 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 been trending negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. East West Bancorp earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for East West Bancorp.

East West Bancorp saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 1,830,000 shares, an increase of 22.0% from the November 28th total of 1,500,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,050,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View East West Bancorp's Current Options Chain.

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East West Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hahn Capital Management LLC (0.43%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.25%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.08%), Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.05%). 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 , Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, M&R Capital Management Inc. and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 acquired 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 Wedbush Securities Inc.. 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 $47.64.

East West Bancorp has a market capitalization of $6.94 billion and generates $1.86 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $703.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.66 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]