At the time of writing, East West Bancorp, Inc. [EWBC] stock is trading at $80.90, up 4.49%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The EWBC shares have gain 12.74% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 15.72%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
East West Bancorp, Inc. [NASDAQ: EWBC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 08, 2024, when Barclays initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $106. Previously, Stephens started tracking the stock with Overweight rating on December 08, 2023, and set its price target to $79. On December 04, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $76 on the stock. Citigroup started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $75 on December 01, 2023. Wedbush upgraded its rating to a Outperform and raised its price target to $69 on November 03, 2023. UBS upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on October 30, 2023, and upped its price target to $61. In a note dated October 03, 2023, Janney initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $68 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of East West Bancorp, Inc. fluctuated between $49.59 and $79.54. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $84.4 within the next 12 months. East West Bancorp, Inc. [NASDAQ: EWBC] shares were valued at $80.90 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 4.33% based on the average EWBC price forecast.
Analyzing the EWBC fundamentals
According to East West Bancorp, Inc. [NASDAQ:EWBC], the company’s sales were 4.12B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 23.07% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.88% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.45%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.34%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.27%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.04. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.51.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 78.79 points at the first support level, and at 76.67 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 82.06, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 83.22.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that East West Bancorp, Inc. [NASDAQ:EWBC] has a current ratio of 0.18. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.73, the price to book ratio is 1.60 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 10.18.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved KRAUSE DOUGLAS PAUL, Vice Chairman, that happened on May 28 ’24 when 8000.0 shares were sold. Chief Risk Officer, Oh Irene H completed a deal on May 07 ’24 to sell 10000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director CAMPBELL MOLLY sold 1625.0 shares on Mar 07 ’24.
