On Friday, East West Bancorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EWBC) opened lower -3.33% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $97.12. Price fluctuations for EWBC have ranged from $68.78 to $113.95 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Financial sector saw sales topped by 19.72%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 4.12% at the time writing. With a float of $137.17 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $138.44 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 3206 workers is very important to gauge. 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 Updates
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Banks – Regional industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of East West Bancorp, Inc is 1.06%, while institutional ownership is 90.79%. 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) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 4.12% 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
Check out the current performance indicators for East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.91. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.67.
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 9.57 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC)
The latest stats from [East West Bancorp, Inc, EWBC] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.72 million was inferior to 0.86 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 16.38%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.36.
During the past 100 days, East West Bancorp, Inc’s (EWBC) raw stochastic average was set at 42.07%, which indicates a significant increase from 1.15% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 24.49% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 31.91% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $99.26, while its 200-day Moving Average is $87.96. Now, the first resistance to watch is $96.56. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $99.24. The third major resistance level sits at $100.62. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $92.50, it is likely to go to the next support level at $91.12. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $88.44.
East West Bancorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EWBC) Key Stats
There are currently 138,629K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 13.02 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 4,528 M according to its annual income of 1,166 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,147 M and its income totaled 293,120 K.
