East West Bancorp's Stock Crashes

East West Bancorp shares slid -8.36% this morning. Here's what you need to know about the mid-cap Banking company:

  • East West Bancorp has logged a -12.08% 52 week change, compared to -6.8% for the S&P 500

  • EWBC has an average analyst rating of buy and is -22.61% away from its mean target price of $86.3 per share

  • Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $7.92, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 8.43. The Finance sector's average P/E ratio is 14.34

  • The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $9.33 and its forward P/E ratio is 7.16

  • The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.603 in contrast to the Finance sector's average P/B ratio is 1.57

  • The current ratio is currently 11.69, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months

  • The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $2 Billion and the average free cash flow growth rate is 24.96%

  • East West Bancorp's revenues have an average growth rate of 9.3% with operating expenses growing at -2.4%. The company's current operating margins stand at 55.23%

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