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East West Bancorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EWBC) closed the day trading at $77.92 down -14.14% from the previous closing price of $90.75. In other words, the price has decreased by -$14.14 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.81 million shares were traded. EWBC stock price reached its highest trading level at $87.075 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $77.79.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of EWBC, let’s look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.47 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.02.
On March 08, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $106.Barclays initiated its Overweight rating on March 08, 2024, with a $106 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 19 ’25 when NG DOMINIC sold 19,819 shares for $90.00 per share. The transaction valued at 1,783,710 led to the insider holds 968,314 shares of the business.
NG DOMINIC sold 20,181 shares of EWBC for $1,816,492 on Mar 07 ’25. The Chief Executive Officer now owns 988,133 shares after completing the transaction at $90.01 per share. On Mar 07 ’25, another insider, NG DOMINIC, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 40,000 shares for $90.00 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, EWBC now has a Market Capitalization of 10787245056 and an Enterprise Value of 9026287616. As of this moment, East’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.35, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.16. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.26. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.42 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.40. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.784.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for EWBC is 0.89, which has changed by 0.033284664 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.036926866 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, EWBC has reached a high of $113.95, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $68.78. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -17.26%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -13.60%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, EWBC traded about 1.08M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, EWBC traded about 1480450 shares per day. A total of 138.44M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 137.04M. Insiders hold about 1.01% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.03% stake in the company. Shares short for EWBC as of 1741910400 were 3250942 with a Short Ratio of 3.01, compared to 1739491200 on 3307322. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3250942 and a Short% of Float of 2.6600001.
Dividends & Splits
EWBC’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.25, up from 2.2 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.024242425The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.42. The current Payout Ratio is 26.42% for EWBC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-03 with an ex-dividend date of 1738540800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2004-06-22 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
