profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
East West Bancorp
$131.21+0.05% today
+26.5% in 1 year
1-year low $99.521-year high $136.60
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $13.57 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
Not measured for banks and insurers: deposits and policy reserves count as debt, so the usual debt test says nothing about them.
Money in, money out
What East West Bancorp sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.32 billion in 2022 to $2.90 billion in 2025, with $1.33 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
East West Bancorp handed back 31% of the cash it generated last year.
$334M
Free cash flow 2025$1.5B
Bought back its own shares$135M
Paid as dividends$334M
Cash vs. debt$4.2B vs. $3.2B
East West Bancorp vs. similar companies
East West Bancorp grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| East West Bancorp | 13.6× · Cheap | ||
 JPMorgan Chase | 16.1× · Fair price | ||
 China Construction Bank | 9.3× · Cheap | ||
 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China | 8.6× · Cheap | ||
 Agricultural Bank of China | 8.9× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads East West Bancorp's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,319 | 2,562 | 2,567 | 2,897 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 1,847 | 3,016 | – | – | |
| 1,128 | 1,161 | 1,166 | 1,325 | |
| 7.92 | 8.18 | 8.33 | 9.52 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 48.6% | 45.3% | 45.4% | 45.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 64,112 | 69,613 | 75,976 | 80,435 |
| Cash | 3,621 | 4,625 | 5,299 | 4,204 |
| Total debt | 264 | 4,755 | 3,625 | 3,174 |
| Total liabilities | 58,128 | 62,662 | 68,253 | 71,536 |
| 5,985 | 6,951 | 7,723 | 8,899 | |
| 142 | 142 | 140 | 139 | |
| 21.3% | 19.2% | – | – | |
| 18.8% | 16.7% | 15.1% | 14.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,066 | 1,425 | 1,412 | 1,502 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 2,066 | 1,425 | 1,412 | 1,502 | |
| Dividends paid | 228 | 275 | 308 | 334 |
| 119 | 106 | 158 | 135 | |
| 38 | 40 | 46 | 76 |
This is a bank or insurer, so cash-flow and debt ratios are left out: borrowing and lending is the business itself. Price to book and return on equity are the measures that matter here.
Valuation
- 13.6×
- 12.3×
- 2.15
- 1.9×
- 6.2×
- 7.4%
- 2.3%
Profitability
- 45.7%
- 1.7%
- 12.3%
- 16.1%
- 1.7%
Growth
- +7.7%
- +6.3%
- +16.9%
- −0.6%
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 36%of 854
Top 20%of 733
Top 49%of 876
Bottom 48%of 878
Top 35%of 929
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $130.67
- Range
- $123.00 – $150.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | 2.57 | 2.46 | +4.5% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 2.52 | 2.49 | +1.2% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 2.62 | 2.36 | +11.0% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | 2.28 | 2.25 | +1.3% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | 2.09 | 2.05 | +2.0% |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 2.08 | 2.12 | −1.9% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | 2.09 | 2.06 | +1.5% |
| Jul 23, 2024 | 2.07 | 1.98 | +4.5% |
2.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$23a year at today's yield, before tax
+16.9%2020 to 2025
Raised8 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.80 in 2015 → $2.40 in 2025
How safe it looks
25.2% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 22.2%
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
73Pass
Benjamin Graham
78Pass
Philip Fisher
72Pass
Peter Lynch
42No pass
Joel Greenblatt
16No pass
Charlie Munger
70Pass
Terry Smith
67Pass
Questions about East West Bancorp
Is East West Bancorp a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the East West Bancorp AI analysis
What does East West Bancorp do?
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. It operates through three segments: Consumer and Business Banking, Commercial Banking, and Other. It is in Banks - Diversified, based in Pasadena, CA, United States, with 3,400 employees.
Does East West Bancorp pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.3% a year, about 25% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $334 million in dividends.
Is East West Bancorp stock halal?
No. East West Bancorp does not pass our halal screen: its main business, banking, is not permitted. How we check
How has East West Bancorp stock done over the past year?
Up 26.5% over the past twelve months, to $131.21. It traded between $99.52 and $136.60 and is 3.9% below its high.
Who are East West Bancorp's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are JPMorgan Chase, China Construction Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Agricultural Bank of China. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with East West Bancorp's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.