East West Bancorp (EWBC)
Links U.S. and Asian customers through commercial banking, trade finance, and multilingual service.
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Provides consumer, business, and commercial banking across a U.S.-centered branch network with licensed operations in China and Hong Kong. Deposits, lending, trade finance, treasury management, foreign exchange, and wealth services support domestic and cross-border customers, while the model depends on credit quality, deposit funding, and banking regulation across multiple jurisdictions.
Operating through East West Bank, the holding company provides consumer and business banking, commercial banking, and treasury services across the United States and Asia. Deposits, wealth management, real-estate and business lending, trade finance, treasury management, foreign exchange, and derivatives support retail, middle-market, and cross-border customers.
A branch network concentrated in the United States is complemented by branches in China and Hong Kong and representative offices in China and Singapore. A locally licensed China bank extends the model beyond representative coverage.
Long-standing leadership has carried the institution from an underserved-community thrift into a commercial bank linking customers and capital across the Pacific. Execution rests on relationship banking, multilingual service, and regulated banking operations. The business depends on credit quality, deposit funding, banking regulation across multiple jurisdictions, and demand for U.S.–Asia commerce.
Company facts
Target rangeAs of Sep 22, 2026
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Prior | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Upgrade | Target: $131 | Target: $160 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $150 | Target: $152 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $140 | Target: $155 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Barclays | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $150 | Target: $155 |
| Jul 23, 2026 | DA Davidson | Reiterate | Rating: —Target: $107 | Target: $155 |
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Balance sheet, Jun 30, 2026Cash & short-term investments $21.28B · Total debt $3.99B · Total assets $83.46B · Shareholders' equity $9.25B
- Revenue
- $1.18B
- Operating income
- $467.5M
- Net income
- $363.7M
HistoryDividendAnnual yield
| Institutions | ≈ 94.08% | 128.89M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 661 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 · largest filers plus last quarter's tail | |||
| Insiders | 0.82% | 1.12M shares | |
| 17 holders · as of Sep 10, 2026 | |||
| Other | ≈ 5.10% | 6.99M shares | |
| remainder | |||
137.00M company shares as of Sep 23, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
This quarter's institutional total failed a plausibility check; shown: the largest filers plus last quarter's remainder.
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc.Institution | 9.87% | 13.52M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Invesco Ltd.Institution | 6.45% | 8.83M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
FMR LLCInstitution | 6.19% | 8.49M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLCInstitution | 4.81% | 6.60M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Vanguard Capital Management LLCInstitution | 4.51% | 6.18M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
| Date | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Manuel Pham Alvarez | director | −810 | $130.40 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Jack C. Liu | director | −1,000 | $135.02 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Douglas Paul Krause | officer: Vice Chairman | −10,000 | $132.37 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Irene H. Oh | officer: Chief Risk Officer | −800 | $133.19 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Irene H. Oh | officer: Chief Risk Officer | −500 | $132.50 |
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Compare
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East West Bancorp | $126.14 | +0.48% | $17.20B | 12.1 | 11.5 | 3.6 | +12.5% |
| Cathay General Bancorp | $60.80 | +0.16% | $4.07B | 11.9 | 10.6 | 2.9 | +12.5% |
| Wells Fargo | $82.92 | −0.28% | $251.45B | 12.0 | 11.1 | 1.9 | +8.6% |
| HSBC (ADR) | $101.43 | −0.16% | $349.14B | 14.6 | 11.7 | 2.6 | +32.2% |
| Preferred Bank | $105.28 | −0.95% | $1.26B | 9.7 | 9.8 | 2.5 | +4.0% |
| Bank of Hope | $13.75 | −0.22% | $1.76B | 13.8 | 10.6 | 1.7 | +56.3% |
| Hanmi Financial | $31.83 | −0.47% | $951.9M | 10.8 | 9.8 | 2.5 | +10.1% |
| Median | 11.9 | 10.6 | 2.5 | +11.3% |