East-West BancorpEWBC
About: East West Bancorp Inc is the holding company for East West Bank, a full-service commercial bank with cross-border operations concentrated in the United States and China. East-West Bank is one of a few U.S. based banks with a full banking license in China. The bank's cost strategy has increasingly focused on expanding its deposit base away from time deposits to commercial deposits. The bank has also taken part in entertainment partnerships between participants in China and Hollywood. Most of these efforts include financing the production and distribution of film and television projects. The bank leverages its cultural and regulatory knowledge in the U.S. and China to assist its customers in entering new markets. Most of its earning assets are in loans held for investment.
Employees: 3,200
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
217% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $18.1M | Put options by funds: $5.69M
129% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 80 | Existing positions closed: 35
40% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q3] → 7 (+2) [Q4]
16% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $10.3B [Q3] → $11.9B (+$1.65B) [Q4]
7% more funds holding
Funds holding: 460 [Q3] → 491 (+31) [Q4]
0.18% more ownership
Funds ownership: 89.64% [Q3] → 89.83% (+0.18%) [Q4]
8% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 163 | Existing positions reduced: 177
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
Piper Sandler Matthew Clark 86% 1-year accuracy 19 / 22 met price target | 3%upside $97 | Neutral Maintained | 27 Jan 2025 |
DA Davidson Gary Tenner 73% 1-year accuracy 36 / 49 met price target | 26%upside $118 | Buy Maintained | 24 Jan 2025 |
Barclays Jared Shaw 64% 1-year accuracy 45 / 70 met price target | 28%upside $120 | Overweight Maintained | 24 Jan 2025 |
UBS Nicholas Holowko 75% 1-year accuracy 6 / 8 met price target | 19%upside $112 | Neutral Assumed | 17 Dec 2024 |
Compass Point Dave Rochester 67% 1-year accuracy 2 / 3 met price target | 33%upside $125 | Buy Maintained | 10 Dec 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 8 articles about EWBC published over the past 30 days
