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$108.20 +0.39 (+0.36%)
Closing price 07/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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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

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

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
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.18$2.31B$3.1513.79
East West Bancorp$4.53B3.29$1.17B$8.3812.91

Fifth Third Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $47.53, suggesting a potential upside of 9.39%. East West Bancorp has a consensus price target of $110.31, suggesting a potential upside of 1.95%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than East West Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84
East West Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than East West Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 12 mentions for East West Bancorp. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.56 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fifth Third Bancorp
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
East West Bancorp
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

East West Bancorp has a net margin of 25.73% compared to Fifth Third Bancorp's net margin of 17.65%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.23% beat Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fifth Third Bancorp17.65% 13.64% 1.14%
East West Bancorp 25.73%15.23%1.55%

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. East West Bancorp pays out 28.6% 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. Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and East West Bancorp has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Fifth Third Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp and East West 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$14.86B$1.91B$11.91B$8.95B
Dividend Yield2.23%3.32%5.57%4.04%
P/E Ratio12.9112.0019.9820.11
Price / Sales3.292.4725.43119.79
Price / Cash10.8811.6421.4457.86
Price / Book1.941.312.265.56
Net Income$1.17B$198.60M$990.08M$248.40M
7 Day Performance0.70%0.36%0.22%4.67%
1 Month Performance14.17%6.77%2.88%6.64%
1 Year Performance50.78%26.10%541.16%21.31%

East West Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.7377 of 5 stars
$108.20
+0.4%
$110.31
+1.9%
+53.0%$14.86B$4.53B12.913,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.8649 of 5 stars
$41.13
-0.9%
$47.53
+15.6%
+19.9%$27.45B$13.28B13.0619,300
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.8211 of 5 stars
$16.76
+1.0%
$18.08
+7.9%
+34.6%$24.48B$11.96B12.7920,000Analyst Forecast
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.4678 of 5 stars
$123.98
+0.5%
$135.77
+9.5%
+37.7%$8.30B$3.97B12.265,903Analyst Forecast
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.6783 of 5 stars
$51.94
+0.9%
$57.94
+11.6%
+30.4%$7.66B$4.99B10.149,406
ASB
Associated Banc
4.5768 of 5 stars
$24.40
-0.2%
$26.00
+6.6%
+26.3%$4.05B$1.05B28.374,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.8503 of 5 stars
$44.80
+0.8%
$47.89
+6.9%
+33.8%$19.58B$7.77B14.2218,900Positive News
FNB
F.N.B.
4.2718 of 5 stars
$14.59
+0.3%
$17.57
+20.4%
+17.7%$5.25B$1.60B11.584,280
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9033 of 5 stars
$17.45
+1.3%
$18.92
+8.4%
+31.9%$19.12B$9.24B-102.6517,500Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.7865 of 5 stars
$51.80
+0.2%
$56.56
+9.2%
+39.7%$7.20B$3.43B14.514,775Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WBS
Webster Financial
4.8741 of 5 stars
$54.70
-0.1%
$63.75
+16.5%
+38.0%$9.20B$4.18B12.324,407News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:EWBC) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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