East West Bancorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EWBC) kicked off on Tuesday, up 1.20% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $97.80. Over the past 52 weeks, EWBC has traded in a range of $68.36-$113.95.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 19.72%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 3.97%. With a float of $136.88 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $138.44 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 3206 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 57.27%, operating margin of 30.66%, and the pretax margin is 43.13%.
East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Banks – Regional Industry. The insider ownership of East West Bancorp, Inc is 1.26%, while institutional ownership is 92.21%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jan 30 ’25, was worth 133,276. In this transaction Director of this company sold 1,275 shares at a rate of $104.53, taking the stock ownership to the 14,557 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jan 28 ’25, when Company’s Director sold 725 for $104.50, making the entire transaction worth $75,762. This insider now owns 15,832 shares in total.
East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.16 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 3.97% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.16% during the next five years compared to 12.56% growth over the previous five years of trading.
East West Bancorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EWBC) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at East West Bancorp, Inc’s (EWBC) current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.06. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 9.14.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 8.34, a number that is poised to hit 2.05 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.56 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC)
Looking closely at East West Bancorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EWBC), its last 5-days average volume was 0.96 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.91 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 20.08%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.49.
During the past 100 days, East West Bancorp, Inc’s (EWBC) raw stochastic average was set at 56.74%, which indicates a significant increase from 25.87% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 20.42% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 31.62% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $100.67, while its 200-day Moving Average is $87.20. However, in the short run, East West Bancorp, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $99.80. Second resistance stands at $100.62. The third major resistance level sits at $102.08. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $97.52, it is likely to go to the next support level at $96.06. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $95.24.
East West Bancorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EWBC) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 13.72 billion has total of 138,629K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 4,528 M in contrast with the sum of 1,166 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 1,147 M and last quarter income was 293,120 K.
