EWBC vs. MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, FHN, SSB, WBS, and CBSH
Should you be buying East West Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of East West Bancorp include M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), First Horizon (FHN), SouthState (SSB), Webster Financial (WBS), and Commerce Bancshares (CBSH). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
East West Bancorp vs.
East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) and M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, M&T Bank had 11 more articles in the media than East West Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for M&T Bank and 22 mentions for East West Bancorp. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat M&T Bank's score of 0.99 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of M&T Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
M&T Bank has higher revenue and earnings than East West Bancorp. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&T Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 25.73% compared to M&T Bank's net margin of 19.24%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.71% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.
East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&T Bank pays out 36.2% 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 increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
East West Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $105.54, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. M&T Bank has a consensus price target of $209.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.70%. Given M&T Bank's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe M&T Bank is more favorable than East West Bancorp.
East West Bancorp received 306 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.65% of users gave East West Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.17% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats M&T Bank on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EWBC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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