East West Bancorp, Inc.

EWBC Financial Banks Regional

East West Bancorp, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.7 billion, up 3.18% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−0.14%
EPS
+4.91%
Free cash flow
+112.6%
Total debt
−0.01%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

129.29 4.77 −3.56%
Market cap
$17.7B
P/E
12.2×
Fwd P/E
12.2×
Dividend yield
2.48%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

East West Bancorp, Inc. (EWBC) Return on equity

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East West Bancorp, Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 0.00%, down 15.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.0% (fiscal 2020) to 19.1% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is below the Banks Regional industry median of 10.3% and below the Financial sector median of 9.01%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 15.9% 0.05
FY2024 15.9% (2.06)
FY2023 18.0% (1.13)
FY2022 19.1% 3.36
FY2021 15.7% 4.68
FY2020 11.0% (3.24)
FY2019 14.3% (2.75)
FY2018 17.0% 3.12
FY2017 13.9% 0.73
FY2016 13.2% 0.31

Against its own ten years

Low 11.0% High 19.1%
Ten-year median 15.7%
Current reading's percentile 73

Return on equity against peers

Company Return on equity
BSAC Banco Santander Chile compare 23.6%
BCH Banco De Chile compare 23.0%
BBD Banco Bradesco SA compare 14.2%
RF Regions Financial Corporation compare 12.9%
KEY KeyCorp compare 11.8%
BSBR Banco Santander Brasil SA compare 11.0%
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. compare 9.56%
WF Woori Bank compare 8.08%
EWBC East West Bancorp, Inc. 0.00%
Banks Regional industry median 10.3%
Financial sector median 9.01%
Market median 0.51%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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