How to buy East West Bancorp stock (EWBC)

East West Bancorp is a banks - regional business based in the US. East West Bancorp shares (EWBC) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $100.18 – a decrease of 3.31% over the previous week. East West Bancorp employs 3,500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.4 billion.

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East West Bancorp stock price (NASDAQ: EWBC)

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East West Bancorp shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-12.

Latest market close	$100.18
52-week range	$65.96 - $113.95
50-day moving average more info button	$98.06
200-day moving average more info button	$82.23
Wall St. target price	$114.85
PE ratio more info button	13.274
Dividend yield more info button	$2.13 (2.09%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$7.92

Is it a good time to buy East West Bancorp stock?

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East West Bancorp price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $101.97 from 2024-12-16

1 week (2024-12-10)	-1.58%
1 month (2024-11-18)	-1.80%
3 months (2024-09-17)	25.46%
6 months (2024-06-17)	44.13%

1 year (2023-12-15)	42.86%
2 years (2022-12-16)	71.81%
3 years (2021-12-17)	46.13%
5 years (2019-12-17)	134.45%

Is East West Bancorp stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing East West Bancorp stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of East West Bancorp's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

East West Bancorp's P/E ratio

East West Bancorp's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, East West Bancorp shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

East West Bancorp's PEG ratio

East West Bancorp's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 5.5751. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into East West Bancorp's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

East West Bancorp financials

Revenue TTM	$2.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	65.34%
Gross profit TTM	$2.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	1.56%
Return on equity TTM	15.59%
Profit margin	46.04%
Book value	$55.30
Market Capitalization more info button	$14.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

East West Bancorp share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 26.57% of net profits

Recently East West Bancorp has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), East West Bancorp shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In East West Bancorp's case, that would currently equate to about $2.13 per share.

While East West Bancorp's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that East West Bancorp may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

East West Bancorp's most recent dividend payout was on 14 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 3 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have East West Bancorp's shares ever split?

East West Bancorp's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 21 June 2004 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your East West Bancorp shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for East West Bancorp shares which in turn could have impacted East West Bancorp's share price.

East West Bancorp share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, East West Bancorp's shares have ranged in value from as little as $65.964 up to $113.95. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while East West Bancorp's is 1.265. This would suggest that East West Bancorp's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

East West Bancorp overview

East West Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for East West Bank that provides a range of personal and commercial banking services to businesses and individuals in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Consumer and Business Banking, Commercial Banking, and Other. It accepts various deposit products, such as personal and business checking and savings accounts, money market, and time deposits. The company's loan products include mortgage and home equity, commercial and residential real estate, working capital lines of credit, construction finance, trade finance, letters of credit, commercial business, affordable housing loans, asset-based lending, asset-backed finance, project finance, loan syndication, and equipment financing, as well as financing services for clients to facilitate their business transactions between the United States and Asia. It also provides various wealth management, treasury management, foreign exchange, and interest rate and commodity risk hedging services; and mobile and online banking services. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of East West Bancorp is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 1.012% of East West Bancorp shares are held by insiders and 92.826% by institutions. How many people work for East West Bancorp?
Latest data suggests 3,500 work at East West Bancorp. When does the fiscal year end for East West Bancorp?
East West Bancorp's fiscal year ends in December. Where is East West Bancorp based?
East West Bancorp's address is: 135 North Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA, United States, 91101 What is East West Bancorp's ISIN number?
East West Bancorp's international securities identification number is: US27579R1041 What is East West Bancorp's CUSIP number?
East West Bancorp's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 27579R104