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$108.87 +1.42 (+1.32%)
Closing price 07/3/2025 01:00 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

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

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

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
East West Bancorp25.73% 15.23% 1.55%
Fifth Third Bancorp 17.65%13.64%1.14%

East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, indicating 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 2.2%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.0% 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 price target of $108.38, indicating a potential downside of 0.45%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus price target of $47.53, indicating a potential upside of 9.59%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84

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$4.53B3.31$1.17B$8.3812.99
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.18$2.31B$3.1513.77

In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for East West Bancorp and 17 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.49 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
East West Bancorp
13 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

East West Bancorp beats Fifth Third Bancorp on 11 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$15.01B$1.94B$12.12B$9.04B
Dividend Yield2.20%3.28%5.54%3.99%
P/E Ratio12.9912.0920.0520.24
Price / Sales3.312.7726.04118.54
Price / Cash10.9911.7921.7058.10
Price / Book1.951.322.285.67
Net Income$1.17B$198.60M$1.00B$249.21M
7 Day Performance7.67%5.71%2.25%3.28%
1 Month Performance15.50%7.85%3.69%3.95%
1 Year Performance54.62%29.27%541.99%20.98%

East West Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EWBC
East West Bancorp
3.7567 of 5 stars
$108.87
+1.3%
$108.38
-0.4%
+54.6%$15.01B$4.53B12.993,100News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.8682 of 5 stars
$41.13
-0.9%
$47.53
+15.6%
+20.4%$27.45B$13.28B13.0619,300Analyst Revision
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.8313 of 5 stars
$16.76
+1.0%
$18.08
+7.9%
+36.4%$24.48B$11.96B12.7920,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
4.4462 of 5 stars
$123.98
+0.5%
$135.77
+9.5%
+36.8%$8.30B$3.97B12.265,903
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
4.7086 of 5 stars
$51.94
+0.9%
$57.94
+11.6%
+29.1%$7.66B$4.99B10.149,406News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ASB
Associated Banc
4.6681 of 5 stars
$24.40
-0.2%
$26.00
+6.6%
+27.1%$4.05B$1.05B28.374,000News Coverage
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.8574 of 5 stars
$44.80
+0.8%
$47.89
+6.9%
+35.4%$19.58B$7.77B14.2218,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FNB
F.N.B.
4.138 of 5 stars
$14.59
+0.3%
$17.57
+20.4%
+16.2%$5.25B$1.60B11.584,280News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9004 of 5 stars
$17.45
+1.3%
$18.92
+8.4%
+32.3%$19.12B$9.24B-102.6517,500News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.7186 of 5 stars
$51.80
+0.2%
$56.56
+9.2%
+39.5%$7.20B$3.43B14.514,775Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WBS
Webster Financial
4.8804 of 5 stars
$54.70
-0.1%
$63.75
+16.5%
+36.3%$9.20B$4.18B12.324,407News Coverage
Analyst Forecast

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