East West Bancorp, Inc (NASDAQ: EWBC) is -22.68% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $68.78 and a high of $113.95 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The EWBC stock was last observed hovering at around $77.92 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.88%.
Currently trading at $74.04, the stock is -15.58% and -20.88% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.88 million and changing -4.98% at the moment leaves the stock -17.92% off its SMA200. EWBC registered -2.28% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -8.15%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $93.5828 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $90.20305.
The stock witnessed a -17.19% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.63%, and is -16.87% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 7.17% over the week and 3.83% over the month.
East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC) has around 3100 employees, a market worth around $10.25B and $4.46B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 8.89 and Fwd P/E is 7.76. Profit margin for the company is 26.15%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.65% and -35.02% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (14.85%).
with sales reaching $672.59M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 4.08% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 6.21% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 4.42% in year-over-year returns.
East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC) Top Institutional Holders
680.0 institutions hold shares in East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC), with institutional investors hold 93.50% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 138.44M, and float is at 137.04M with Short Float at 2.37%. Institutions hold 92.51% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 14.18 million shares valued at $1.04 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.1724% of the EWBC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 12.7 million shares valued at $930.1 million to account for 9.1388 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS which holds 9.66 million shares representing 6.9509% and valued at over $707.22 million, while FMR LLC holds 5.5737 of the shares totaling 7.75 million with a market value of $567.26 million.
East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by NG DOMINIC, the company’s Chief Executive Officer. SEC filings show that NG DOMINIC sold 19,819 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 19 ’25 at a price of $90.00 per share for a total of $1.78 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.97 million shares.
East West Bancorp, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 07 ’25 that NG DOMINIC (Chief Executive Officer) sold a total of 20,181 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 07 ’25 and was made at $90.01 per share for $1.82 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.99 million shares of the EWBC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 07 ’25, NG DOMINIC (Officer) Proposed Sale 40,000 shares at an average price of $90.00 for $3.6 million. The insider now directly holds shares of East West Bancorp, Inc (EWBC).
