At the time of writing, East West Bancorp, Inc [EWBC] stock is trading at $76.28, down -1.49%. 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 5.71% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -15.14%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
East West Bancorp, Inc [NASDAQ: EWBC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 07, 2025, when Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $90 for it. On December 09, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight. Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and suggested a price target of $106 on March 08, 2024. Stephens initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $79 as its price target on December 08, 2023. Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on December 04, 2023, and upped its price target to $76. In a note dated December 01, 2023, Citigroup initiated an Buy rating and provided a target price of $75 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of East West Bancorp, Inc fluctuated between $68.27 and $113.95. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $110 within the next 12 months. East West Bancorp, Inc [NASDAQ: EWBC] shares were valued at $76.28 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 44.21% based on the average EWBC price forecast.
Analyzing the EWBC fundamentals
According to East West Bancorp, Inc [NASDAQ:EWBC], the company’s sales were 4.46B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 5.82% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.57% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.31%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.43%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.34%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.01. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.47.
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 75.38 points at the first support level, and at 74.47 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 77.03, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 77.79.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that East West Bancorp, Inc [NASDAQ:EWBC] has a current ratio of 0.09. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.36, the price to book ratio is 1.37 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.16.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved NG DOMINIC, Chief Executive Officer, that happened on Mar 19 ’25 when 19819.0 shares were sold. Chief Executive Officer, NG DOMINIC completed a deal on Mar 07 ’25 to sell 20181.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer NG DOMINIC bought 40000.0 shares on Mar 07 ’25.
