A share price of East West Bancorp, Inc [EWBC] is currently trading at $94.24, up 0.47%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The EWBC shares have gain 2.96% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.83%, 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 May 21, 2025, when Jefferies initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $115. Previously, Truist started tracking the stock with Hold rating on May 13, 2025, and set its price target to $102. On April 07, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight but maintained its price target of $90 on the stock. Stephens downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight. Barclays started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on March 08, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $106. In a note dated December 08, 2023, Stephens initiated an Overweight rating and provided a target price of $79 on this stock.
East West Bancorp, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $68.27 and $113.95. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $125 within the next 12 months. East West Bancorp, Inc [NASDAQ: EWBC] shares were valued at $94.24 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 32.64% based on the average EWBC price forecast.
Analyzing the EWBC fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for East West Bancorp, Inc [NASDAQ:EWBC] were 4.48B which represents 1.99% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.39% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.3%, 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 0.15 and Total Capital is 0.01. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.49.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for East West Bancorp, Inc [NASDAQ:EWBC] is 0.14. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.90, the price to book ratio is 1.64 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.24.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Kim Lisa L., Executive Vice President, that happened on May 15 ’25 when 2100.0 shares were sold. Officer, Kim Lisa L. completed a deal on May 15 ’25 to buy 2100.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer NG DOMINIC sold 40000.0 shares on May 12 ’25.
