East West Bancorp, Inc. (EWBC): Price and Financial Metrics

EWBC POWR Grades

• EWBC scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 69.4% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for EWBC is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• EWBC ranks lowest in Stability; there it ranks in the 23rd percentile.

EWBC Stock Summary

• Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 10.88 for EAST WEST BANCORP INC; that's greater than it is for 91.46% of US stocks.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of 1,316.08%, EAST WEST BANCORP INC's debt growth rate surpasses 98.81% of about US stocks.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for EWBC comes in at -53.56% -- higher than that of only 10.01% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to EWBC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are BMRC, NBHC, HTBI, OBT, and FHB.
• EWBC's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit EAST WEST BANCORP INC's official web site, go to www.eastwestbank.com.

EWBC Valuation Summary

• EWBC's price/sales ratio is 2.8; this is 211.11% higher than that of the median Financial Services stock.
• Over the past 243 months, EWBC's price/sales ratio has gone down 3.5.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for EWBC.

EWBC Growth Metrics

The 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 6.95%.
• The 3 year revenue growth rate now stands at 24.7%.
• The year over year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -12.99%.

Over the past 15 months, EWBC's revenue has gone up $510,245,000.

The table below shows EWBC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	2,271.047	2,066.022	1,128.083
2022-09-30	2,112.799	2,039.01	1,009.116
2022-06-30	1,991.253	1,693.665	939.226
2022-03-31	1,913.261	1,082.792	905.639
2021-12-31	1,852.466	1,168.422	872.981
2021-09-30	1,760.802	1,008.542	819.269

EWBC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• EWBC has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 26.9% of graded US stocks.
• EWBC's asset turnover comes in at 0.03 -- ranking 373rd of 428 Banking stocks.
• FBNC, BANR, and HTLF are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with EWBC.

The table below shows EWBC's key quality metrics over time.