East West Bancorp (EWBC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for East West Bancorp in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" EWBC shares.
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12 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for East West Bancorp's shares. Their EWBC share price targets range from $66.00 to $106.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $83.15 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.8% from the stock's current price.
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East West Bancorp's stock was trading at $71.95 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, EWBC stock has decreased by 0.2% and is now trading at $71.80.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2024.
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East West Bancorp will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 23rd at 5:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $2.02 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.89 by $0.13. The financial services provider had revenue of $654.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $641.91 million. East West Bancorp had a net margin of 29.11% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.47%. The firm's revenue was down 2.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.37 earnings per share.

East West Bancorp declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.55 per share on Thursday, February 15th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 1st. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48.
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East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.07%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 26.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, EWBC will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.83% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), iShares U.S. Regional Banks ETF (IAT), Invesco KBW Bank ETF (KBWB), USCF Dividend Income Fund (UDI), First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers (RDVY), FT Vest Rising Dividend Achievers Target Income ETF (RDVI), Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST) and SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE).

336 employees have rated East West Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Dominic Ng on Glassdoor.com. Dominic Ng has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees. 84.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at East West Bancorp to a friend.

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East West Bancorp's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.36%), Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.12%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.06%), Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.03%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.03%) and State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Dominic Ng, Douglas Paul Krause, Gary Teo, Irene H Oh, Iris S Chan, Jack C Liu, Jack C Liu, Manuel Pham Alvarez, Molly Campbell, Parker Shi and Rudolph Estrada.
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