As of close of business last night, East West Bancorp, Inc’s stock clocked out at $103.87, up 0.25% from its previous closing price of $103.61. In other words, the price has increased by $0.25 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.67 million shares were traded. EWBC stock price reached its highest trading level at $103.9 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $102.89.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Jefferies on May 21, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $115.
On May 13, 2025, Truist started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $102.
Morgan Stanley Downgraded its Overweight to Equal-Weight on April 07, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $90.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jul 28 ’25 when NG DOMINIC bought 40,000 shares for $103.38 per share.
Kim Lisa L. sold 2,100 shares of EWBC for $199,584 on May 15 ’25. The Executive Vice President now owns 14,849 shares after completing the transaction at $95.04 per share. On May 15 ’25, another insider, Kim Lisa L., who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 2,100 shares for $94.99 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 14314948608 and an Enterprise Value of 12962415616. As of this moment, East’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 12.13, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.84. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.58. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.16 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.75. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.279.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for EWBC is 0.96, which has changed by 0.17699718 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.17535925 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 $68.27. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.92%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 8.66%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that EWBC traded 867.40K shares on average per day over the past three months and 1109800 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 137.82M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 136.46M. Insiders hold about 0.99% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.39% stake in the company. Shares short for EWBC as of 1752537600 were 4457881 with a Short Ratio of 5.14, compared to 1749772800 on 5437550. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4457881 and a Short% of Float of 3.66.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 2.3, EWBC has a forward annual dividend rate of 2.30. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.022198629The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.39. The current Payout Ratio is 26.42% for EWBC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-02 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-04. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2004-06-22 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The company has 13.0 analysts who recommend its stock at the moment. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $2.33, with high estimates of $2.43 and low estimates of $2.2.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $9.24 and $8.95 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $9.07. EPS for the following year is $9.67, with 13.0 analysts recommending between $10.06 and $9.44.
Revenue Estimates
In the current quarter, 9 analysts expect revenue to total $720.28M. It ranges from a high estimate of $732.5M to a low estimate of $711.56M. As of the current estimate, East West Bancorp, Inc’s year-ago sales were $657.48MFor the next quarter, 9 analysts are estimating revenue of $724.55M. There is a high estimate of $735M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $718.6M.
A total of 10 analysts have provided revenue estimates for EWBC’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.86B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.83B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.84B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.61BBased on 10 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.96B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3B and the low estimate is $2.89B.
