The historical rank and industry rank for East West Bancorp's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
EWBC'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 42.88 Med: 52.06 Max: 60.87
Current: 55.4
EWBC's Pretax Margin % is ranked better than 88.34% of 1458
companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 32.765
vs EWBC: 55.40
East West Bancorp Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for East West Bancorp's Pretax Margin % can be seen below:
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of East West Bancorp's Pretax Margin %
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, East West Bancorp's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % 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 Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, East West Bancorp's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where East West Bancorp's Pretax Margin % falls into.
East West Bancorp Pretax Margin % Calculation
Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
East West Bancorp's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
* 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.
East West Bancorp (NAS:EWBC) Pretax Margin % Explanation
The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.
The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.
It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.
The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.
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East West Bancorp (East West Bancorp) Business Description
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.
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