EAST WEST BANCORP INC financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
EWBC on Nasdaq
Location
Pasadena, CA
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
27 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • EWBC - EAST WEST BANCORP INC financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 16%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+0.37%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-31) highlights Return On Equity 15.9%, Return On Assets 1.7%, and Debt-to-equity 0.0x.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

55.3/100

Caution Confidence low

Return On Equity

16%

Metric score 46.7/100

Return On Assets

1.7%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Debt to Equity
0x

Strengths

Debt-to-equity and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Watchpoints

Return On Assets

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

16%

YoY: +0.37%

Industry median: 10% (n=206)

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Return On Assets

1.7%

YoY: +5.8%

Industry median: 0.99% (n=206)

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Debt-to-equity

0x

YoY: -14%

Industry median: 8.71x (n=203)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

14%

YoY:

Industry median: 16% (n=199)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 16% +0.37%
Return On Assets 1.7% +5.8%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Debt-to-equity 0x -14%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
NetIncomeLoss YoY 14%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 137,622,675 -0.59%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $170,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 138,342,000 -0.4%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 139,130,000 -0.59%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $1,725,460,000 +16%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $400,272,000 +27%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 9.58 +14%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 9.52 +14%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $4,188,139,000 -20%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $82,310,000 +0.09%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $125,407,000 +53%
Goodwill $465,697,000 0%
Assets $80,434,997,000 +5.9%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $35,645,000 -0.92%
Liabilities $71,535,795,000 +4.8%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $345,610,000 +41%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $8,301,522,000 +14%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $8,899,202,000 +15%
Liabilities and Equity $80,434,997,000 +5.9%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense $76,189,000 +67%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 200,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 170,487,574 +0.33%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.001 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $4,188,139,000 -20%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $13,353,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $579,701,000 -3.6%
Operating Lease, Liability $138,206,000 +55%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $1,564,838,000 +30%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $2,752,000 -41%
Additional Paid in Capital $2,111,316,000 +4%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $566,348,000 -5.8%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY