A share price of East West Bancorp, Inc [EWBC] is currently trading at $95.69, down -0.32%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The EWBC shares have gain 9.49% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 28.62%, and 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 13, 2025, when Truist initiated its Hold rating and assigned the stock a price target of $102. Previously, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight on April 07, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $90. Stephens downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $106 as its price target on March 08, 2024. Stephens started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on December 08, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $79. In a note dated December 04, 2023, Morgan Stanley upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $66 to $76.
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 $95.69 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 30.63% 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.
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 95.06 points at the first support level, and at 94.42 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 96.41, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 97.12.
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 2.94, the price to book ratio is 1.66 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 11.41.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved NG DOMINIC, Chief Executive Officer, that happened on May 12 ’25 when 40000.0 shares were sold. Officer, NG DOMINIC completed a deal on May 12 ’25 to buy 40000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer NG DOMINIC sold 19819.0 shares on Mar 19 ’25.
