East West Bancorp - EWBC Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for East West Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" EWBC shares.
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4 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for East West Bancorp's stock. Their EWBC share price forecasts range from $75.00 to $115.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $87.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.9% from the stock's current price.
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East West Bancorp's stock was trading at $78.68 at the start of the year. Since then, EWBC stock has decreased by 10.8% and is now trading at $70.21.
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East West Bancorp saw a decline in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,200,000 shares, a decline of 21.1% from the October 31st total of 2,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 828,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.6% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 26th 2023.
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East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 20th. The financial services provider reported $2.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.10 by $0.02. East West Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.69% and a net margin of 44.11%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.57 EPS.

East West Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, November 1st will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, November 15th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 31st.
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East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.35%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 22.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EWBC will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.16% 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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.00%), BlackRock Inc. (8.73%), Boston Partners (4.20%), State Street Corp (3.65%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.84%) and CI Investments Inc. (2.24%). Insiders that own company stock include Douglas Paul Krause, Herman Y Li, 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 $70.21.

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) has a market capitalization of $9.90 billion and generates $1.90 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $872.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.07 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,100 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.