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 invested capital

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East West Bancorp, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 16.8%, up 2.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.00% (fiscal 2021) to 104.5% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Banks Regional industry median of 8.45% and above the Financial sector median of 4.70%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 14.8% (1.97)
FY2024 16.7% (37.15)
FY2023 53.9% 2.70
FY2022 51.2% 51.18
FY2021 0.00% 0.00
FY2020 0.00% (33.00)
FY2019 33.0% (71.51)
FY2018 104.5% 40.20
FY2017 64.3% 64.31
FY2016 0.00% (33.26)

Against its own ten years

Low 0.00% High 104.5%
Ten-year median 33.0%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
BSAC Banco Santander Chile compare 554.7%
WF Woori Bank compare 101.3%
EWBC East West Bancorp, Inc. 16.8%
RF Regions Financial Corporation compare 13.4%
BSBR Banco Santander Brasil SA compare 13.4%
KEY KeyCorp compare 12.2%
BCH Banco De Chile compare 11.1%
PNFP Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. compare 5.96%
BBD Banco Bradesco SA compare 0.00%
Banks Regional industry median 8.45%
Financial sector median 4.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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