East West Bancorp, Inc. (EWBC) Stock

About East West Bancorp, Inc.

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 $131.19 with a market capitalization of $17.97B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.16, price-to-book of 1.90, price-to-sales of 3.71. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $92.67 and $137.47, and currently trades 4.6% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 2.52%.

On profitability, East West Bancorp, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 16.19%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 13.45%, an operating margin of 38.49%, a net profit margin of 30.67%.

In its most recent fiscal year, East West Bancorp, Inc. reported annual revenue of $4.6B, net profit of $1.3B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 20.6%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 18.5%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41 (debt below half of shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 0.32, total assets of $80.4B, $656.0M in cash and equivalents. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

EWBC has an average daily trading volume of 860,020 shares, a beta of 0.93.

East West Bancorp, Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 East West Bancorp, Inc. reported revenue of $1.3B rising to $4.6B, a change of +255.1% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 20.6% a year over five years, 21.4% over three, 3.5% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $1.3B.

Operating margin went from 43.8% in 2016 to 37.2% in 2025, a fall of 6.6 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 30.67%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $4.7B and net profit $1.4B.

Borrowings rose from $918.0M to $3.2B, cash from operations was $1.5B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 16.1% over five years, and was 14.9% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at 15.7% a year over five years, 38.8% over three, 47.5% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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