Wedbush Equities Analysts Raise Earnings Estimates for EWBC

East West Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EWBC) – Research analysts at Wedbush increased their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for East West Bancorp in a report issued on Tuesday, November 5th. Wedbush analyst D. Chiaverini now anticipates that the financial services provider will post earnings per share of $2.09 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.04. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $110.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for East West Bancorp’s current full-year earnings is $8.31 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for East West Bancorp’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.23 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.20 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $8.55 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.45 EPS.

EWBC has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Truist Financial lifted their price target on East West Bancorp from $93.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. DA Davidson lifted their target price on shares of East West Bancorp from $100.00 to $107.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on shares of East West Bancorp from $97.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of East West Bancorp from $103.00 to $109.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Finally, Stephens boosted their target price on shares of East West Bancorp from $91.00 to $104.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $99.46.

East West Bancorp Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ EWBC opened at $107.16 on Wednesday. East West Bancorp has a 52-week low of $55.43 and a 52-week high of $107.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.53, a PEG ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 1.27. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $86.66 and its 200 day simple moving average is $80.12.

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 22nd. The financial services provider reported $2.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.06 by $0.03. East West Bancorp had a net margin of 24.96% and a return on equity of 16.07%. The firm had revenue of $1.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $641.80 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.02 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Capital Research Global Investors bought a new stake in East West Bancorp during the first quarter worth approximately $338,142,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in shares of East West Bancorp by 7.0% in the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,822,886 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $133,480,000 after buying an additional 118,658 shares during the last quarter. Lord Abbett & CO. LLC lifted its stake in shares of East West Bancorp by 112.5% in the first quarter. Lord Abbett & CO. LLC now owns 1,441,198 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $114,013,000 after buying an additional 762,958 shares during the last quarter. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of East West Bancorp during the 2nd quarter worth $59,460,000. Finally, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY grew its stake in East West Bancorp by 30.6% in the 2nd quarter. Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY now owns 649,708 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $47,578,000 after buying an additional 152,334 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.53% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at East West Bancorp

In related news, Director Rudolph Estrada sold 469 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $98.04, for a total value of $45,980.76. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 17,750 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,740,210. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. In other news, Director Rudolph Estrada sold 469 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.04, for a total transaction of $45,980.76. Following the transaction, the director now owns 17,750 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,740,210. This trade represents a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Irene H. Oh sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $98.50, for a total transaction of $985,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 117,193 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,543,510.50. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 13,969 shares of company stock valued at $1,345,956 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 1.04% of the company’s stock.

East West Bancorp Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 4th will be given a $0.55 dividend. This represents a $2.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 4th. East West Bancorp’s payout ratio is currently 27.78%.

East West Bancorp Company Profile

East West Bancorp, Inc operates as the bank holding company for East West Bank that provides a range of personal and commercial banking services to businesses and individuals in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Consumer and Business Banking, Commercial Banking, and Other.