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$101.39 -1.85 (-1.79%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$101.48 +0.09 (+0.09%)
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EWBC vs. FITB, HBAN, WTFC, ZION, ASB, CFG, FNB, KEY, SNV, and WBS

Should you be buying East West Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of East West Bancorp include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Zions Bancorporation, N.A. (ZION), Associated Banc (ASB), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), F.N.B. (FNB), KeyCorp (KEY), Synovus Financial (SNV), and Webster Financial (WBS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

East West Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.06% compared to Fifth Third Bancorp's net margin of 17.97%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.09% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
East West Bancorp26.06% 15.09% 1.56%
Fifth Third Bancorp 17.97%13.31%1.15%

89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Fifth Third Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than East West Bancorp. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
East West Bancorp$4.53B3.09$1.17B$8.5611.84
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.12$2.31B$3.2213.11

East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. East West Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

East West Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $114.15, indicating a potential upside of 12.59%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $47.80, indicating a potential upside of 13.21%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than East West Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
East West Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 11 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for East West Bancorp and 13 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat East West Bancorp's score of 0.77 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
East West Bancorp
6 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

East West Bancorp and Fifth Third Bancorp tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EWBC vs. The Competition

MetricEast West BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.97B$1.82B$12.09B$9.53B
Dividend Yield2.31%3.40%5.56%4.03%
P/E Ratio11.8417.4718.8219.93
Price / Sales3.092.6026.0565.88
Price / Cash10.4811.3521.5758.75
Price / Book1.701.222.155.77
Net Income$1.17B$198.60M$999.65M$259.10M
7 Day Performance-4.69%-3.21%-1.82%-3.41%
1 Month Performance0.40%0.99%1.73%8.53%
1 Year Performance14.89%3.68%538.38%15.75%

East West Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.4247 of 5 stars
$101.39
-1.8%
$114.15
+12.6%
+18.8%$13.97B$4.53B11.843,100Positive News
Gap Up
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9136 of 5 stars
$42.96
-0.2%
$47.53
+10.6%
+1.5%$28.68B$13.28B13.3418,616Positive News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9963 of 5 stars
$16.81
+0.6%
$18.60
+10.6%
+11.5%$24.56B$11.96B12.4519,932Positive News
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.9493 of 5 stars
$131.38
-2.0%
$139.92
+6.5%
+21.5%$8.79B$3.97B13.005,903Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.8882 of 5 stars
$56.59
-0.4%
$57.50
+1.6%
+5.7%$8.35B$4.99B11.059,406Positive News
ASB
Associated Banc
4.9277 of 5 stars
$25.58
-0.9%
$27.22
+6.4%
+9.4%$4.24B$2.39B29.744,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.4864 of 5 stars
$48.58
0.0%
$51.05
+5.1%
+14.2%$21.23B$12.36B14.7617,287Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.5305 of 5 stars
$15.99
-0.5%
$18.57
+16.2%
+1.6%$5.75B$2.57B12.494,280
KEY
KeyCorp
4.7185 of 5 stars
$18.31
-1.1%
$19.18
+4.8%
+13.4%$20.06B$9.24B-107.6816,753Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.9605 of 5 stars
$55.56
-0.3%
$60.67
+9.2%
+4.9%$7.72B$3.43B10.664,775Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
WBS
Webster Financial
4.9769 of 5 stars
$60.41
-0.7%
$66.77
+10.5%
+22.0%$10.16B$4.18B12.254,407Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:EWBC) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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