NASDAQ:EWBC - East West Bancorp Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

East West Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, November 15th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 31st. View East West Bancorp's Dividend History.

East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 18th. The financial services provider reported $1.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.14 by $0.03. The financial services provider had revenue of $395.22 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $398.25 million. East West Bancorp had a return on equity of 15.70% and a net margin of 34.80%. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.91 earnings per share. View East West Bancorp's Earnings History.

East West Bancorp is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for East West Bancorp.

10 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for East West Bancorp's stock. Their predictions range from $41.00 to $82.00. On average, they anticipate East West Bancorp's stock price to reach $72.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 49.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for East West Bancorp.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for East West Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for East West Bancorp.

News coverage about EWBC stock has trended positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. East West Bancorp earned a media sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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East West Bancorp's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.31%), Vanguard Group Inc. (9.17%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.29%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.29%), Capital Research Global Investors (2.59%) and Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.39%). 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 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., Victory Capital Management Inc., Capital Research Global Investors, First Trust Advisors LP, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., FMR LLC, Handelsbanken Fonder AB and Handelsbanken Fonder AB. Company insiders that have sold East West Bancorp company stock in the last year include Dominic Ng, Douglas Paul Krause, Irene H Oh, Iris S Chan, Jack C Liu and Molly Campbell. View Insider Buying and Selling for East West Bancorp.

EWBC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, Vanguard Group Inc., Capital Fund Management S.A., SG Americas Securities LLC, Maltese Capital Management LLC, United Services Automobile Association and Renaissance Technologies 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 $48.17.

East West Bancorp has a market capitalization of $6.98 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.

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]