East West Bancorp Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for East West Bancorp in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" East West Bancorp stock.
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East West Bancorp is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 21st. The financial services provider reported $1.57 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.39 by $0.18. The financial services provider earned $444.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $430.71 million. East West Bancorp had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.20% and a net margin of 42.12%. The firm's revenue was up 10.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.70 earnings per share.
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East West Bancorp's stock was trading at $31.96 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EWBC shares have increased by 114.7% and is now trading at $68.63.
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East West Bancorp announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 23rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.33 per share on Monday, August 16th. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 30th.
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East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.83%. The dividend payout ratio of East West Bancorp is 33.25%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, East West Bancorp will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.22% next year. This indicates that East West Bancorp will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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9 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for East West Bancorp's shares. Their forecasts range from $71.00 to $98.00. On average, they anticipate East West Bancorp's stock price to reach $87.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.3% from the stock's current price.
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163 employees have rated East West Bancorp CEO Dominic Ng on Glassdoor.com. Dominic Ng has an approval rating of 86% among East West Bancorp's employees.

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

East West Bancorp's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.60%), BlackRock Inc. (8.48%), Capital International Investors (8.48%), State Street Corp (3.79%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.60%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.19%). Company insiders that own East West Bancorp 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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EWBC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, BlackRock Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Invesco Ltd., First Wilshire Securities Management Inc., Macquarie Group Ltd., First Trust Advisors LP, and Sei Investments Co.. Company insiders that have sold East West Bancorp company stock in the last year include Douglas Paul Krause, Iris S Chan, Jack C Liu, Molly Campbell, and Rudolph Estrada.
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EWBC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Ardevora Asset Management LLP, FMR LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of America Corp DE, and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc..
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One share of EWBC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $68.63.

East West Bancorp has a market capitalization of $9.74 billion and generates $1.83 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $567.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.97 on an earnings per share basis.

East West Bancorp employs 3,200 workers across the globe.

East West Bancorp was founded in 1998.

The official website for East West Bancorp is www.eastwestbank.com.

East West Bancorp is headquartered at 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE. 7TH FLOOR, PASADENA CA, 91101.

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].