East West Bancorp, Inc. (EWBC) Stock

About East West Bancorp, Inc.

East West Bancorp, Inc. functions as the parent entity for East West Bank, which delivers a comprehensive suite of personal and commercial banking solutions to both businesses and individual clients. The organization segments its operations into three primary areas: Consumer and Business Banking, Commercial Banking, and Other activities. Customers can access various deposit accounts, including personal and business checking and savings options, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. The bank's extensive lending portfolio covers residential mortgages and home equity loans, commercial and residential real estate financing, working capital lines of credit, construction loans, trade finance, letters of credit, general commercial business loans, affordable housing initiatives, asset-based lending, asset-backed finance, project finance, and equipment financing. A notable specialization includes financial bridging services aimed at facilitating business transactions between the United States and China. Furthermore, East West Bancorp offers ancillary services such as wealth management, treasury management, foreign exchange, and risk hedging for interest rates and commodities. Digital banking conveniences, like mobile and online platforms, are also provided. As of January 27, 2022, the company operated a significant network of approximately 120 locations spanning the United States and China. This footprint included full-service branches in international hubs like Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shantou, and Shenzhen, alongside representative offices in Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Taipei, and Xiamen. East West Bancorp, Inc. was established in 1998 and maintains its corporate headquarters in Pasadena, California.

East West Bancorp, Inc. is led by CEO Dominic Ng, employs 3,400 people, headquartered in Pasadena, US, publicly traded since 1999.

East West Bancorp, Inc. (EWBC) stock trades at $130.91 with a market capitalization of $17.93B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.15, price-to-book of 2.00, price-to-sales of 3.81. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $92.67 and $136.00, and currently trades 3.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.13%.

On profitability, East West Bancorp, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 16.45%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 19.72%, an operating margin of 38.49%, a net profit margin of 29.43%.

In its most recent fiscal year, East West Bancorp, Inc. reported annual revenue of $4.7B, net profit of $1.3B, revenue has compounded at 20.9% a year over the last five years, profit at 18.5% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 0.32, total assets of $80.4B, $656.0M in cash and equivalents.

EWBC has an average daily trading volume of 937,272 shares, a beta of 0.94.

Official website: www.eastwestbank.com