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East West Bancorp (East West Bancorp) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 20.40% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is East West Bancorp 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

East West Bancorp's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.48.

The historical rank and industry rank for East West Bancorp's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate or its related term are showing as below:

EWBC' s 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -53.6   Med: 15.4   Max: 146.6
Current: 20.4

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of East West Bancorp was 146.60% per year. The lowest was -53.60% per year. And the median was 15.40% per year.

EWBC's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate is ranked better than
78.69% of 779 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 7.5 vs EWBC: 20.40

During the past 12 months, East West Bancorp's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 20.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 20.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 16.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 11.00% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

East West Bancorp's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.24. As of today, East West Bancorp's Dividend Yield % is 2.61%.

Warning Sign:

East West Bancorp Inc stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison of East West Bancorp's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, East West Bancorp's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


East West Bancorp's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, East West Bancorp's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where East West Bancorp's 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



East West Bancorp 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with expontential compound based on the latest four year annual data.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


East West Bancorp  (NAS:EWBC) 3-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

East West Bancorp's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=0.48/ 2.02
=0.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of East West Bancorp was 0.30. The lowest was 0.19. And the median was 0.23.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

East West Bancorp Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.5502024-02-012024-02-022024-02-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4802023-10-312023-11-012023-11-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4802023-07-312023-08-012023-08-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.4802023-04-282023-05-012023-05-15Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

East West Bancorp's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.99/76.36
=2.61 %

Current Share Price is $76.36.
East West Bancorp's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.99.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of East West Bancorp was 4.83%. The lowest was 1.10%. And the median was 1.85%.

Warning Sign:

East West Bancorp Inc stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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East West Bancorp (East West Bancorp) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
135 North Los Robles Avenue, 7th Floor, Pasadena, CA, USA, 91101
East West Bancorp Inc is the holding company for East West Bank, a full-service commercial bank with cross-border operations concentrated in the United States and China. East-West Bank is one of a few U.S. based banks with a full banking license in China. The bank's cost strategy has increasingly focused on expanding its deposit base away from time deposits to commercial deposits. The bank has also taken part in entertainment partnerships between participants in China and Hollywood. Most of these efforts include financing the production and distribution of film and television projects. The bank leverages its cultural and regulatory knowledge in the U.S. and China to assist its customers in entering new markets. Most of its earning assets are in loans held for investment.
Executives
Jack C Liu director 415 HUNTINGTON DRIVE, SAN MARINO CA 91108
Douglas Paul Krause officer: Executive Vice President 415 HUNTINGTON DRIVE, SAN MARINO CA 91108
Molly Campbell director 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE 7TH FLR, PASADENA CA 91101
Moral-niles Christopher Del officer: Chief Financial Officer ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP, 433 MAIN STREET, GREEN BAY WI 54301
Rudolph Estrada director 415 HUNTINGTON DR., SAN MARINO CA 91108
Mark R Hutchins director 2454 MCMULLEN BOOTH RD, BUILDING C, CLEARWATER FL 33759
Manuel Pham Alvarez director 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE., PASADENA CA 91101
Archana Deskus director 2929 ALLEN PARKWAY SUITE 2100, HOUSTON TX 77019
Sabrina Kay director 30930 RUSSELL RANCH ROAD, SUITE 300, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91362
Dominic Ng director, officer: Chief Executive Officer
Lester Sussman director C/O CU BANCORP, 15821 VENTURA BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, ENCINO CA 91436
Irene H Oh officer: Chief Financial Officer 135 N LOS ROBLES AVE. 7TH FL, PASADENA CA 91101
Parker Shi officer: Chief Operating Officer 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE., PASADENA CA 91101
Gary Teo officer: Senior Vice President 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE 7TH FLR, PASADENA CA 91101
Serge Dumont director 135 N. LOS ROBLES AVE., PASADENA CA 91101