East West Bancorp's latest dividend was on Aug 2, 2024 (ex-date) with a payout of $0.55 per share. At an annualized rate of $2.13 per share, the stock yields 2.16%.
EWBC has a dividend yield of 2.16% which is below the Financial Services sector, the industry and its peers average. In comparison with its Financial Services sector average of 2.78%, East West Bancorp's dividend yield is 22% lower. The current dividend yield is lower than the historical average of 2.5% of the last 5 years.
East West Bancorp has been paying dividends since 1999. EWBC has distributed four quarterly dividends in the past year. The annualized dividend per share has an increase of 16% since twelve months ago. However with the price of the stock up by 87% from a year ago, the dividend yield has a decrease of 38%.
Ex-date | Amount | Yield (TTM) |
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Aug 2, 2024 | $0.55 | 2.68% |
May 2, 2024 | $0.55 | 2.74% |
Feb 1, 2024 | $0.55 | 2.87% |
Oct 31, 2023 | $0.48 | 3.58% |
Jul 31, 2023 | $0.48 | 2.96% |
Apr 28, 2023 | $0.48 | 3.4% |
Feb 3, 2023 | $0.48 | 2.14% |
Oct 31, 2022 | $0.4 | 2.24% |
Jul 29, 2022 | $0.4 | 2.13% |
Apr 29, 2022 | $0.4 | 2.05% |
Feb 4, 2022 | $0.4 | 1.58% |
Oct 29, 2021 | $0.33 | 1.66% |
Jul 30, 2021 | $0.33 | 1.78% |
Apr 30, 2021 | $0.33 | 1.59% |
Feb 8, 2021 | $0.33 | 1.75% |
Oct 30, 2020 | $0.275 | 3.02% |
Aug 3, 2020 | $0.275 | 3.11% |
May 1, 2020 | $0.275 | 3.25% |
Jan 31, 2020 | $0.275 | 2.4% |
Oct 31, 2019 | $0.275 | 2.46% |
Jul 31, 2019 | $0.275 | 2.1% |
Apr 30, 2019 | $0.275 | 1.87% |
Feb 1, 2019 | $0.23 | 1.74% |
Oct 31, 2018 | $0.23 | 1.64% |
Jul 31, 2018 | $0.23 | 1.28% |
Apr 30, 2018 | $0.2 | 1.2% |
Feb 2, 2018 | $0.2 | 1.22% |
Oct 31, 2017 | $0.2 | 1.34% |
Jul 28, 2017 | $0.2 | 1.41% |
Apr 27, 2017 | $0.2 | 1.43% |
Jan 30, 2017 | $0.2 | 1.54% |
Oct 28, 2016 | $0.2 | 2.03% |
Jul 28, 2016 | $0.2 | 2.32% |
May 2, 2016 | $0.2 | 2.11% |
Jan 28, 2016 | $0.2 | 2.51% |
Oct 29, 2015 | $0.2 | 1.93% |
Jul 30, 2015 | $0.2 | 1.75% |
Apr 29, 2015 | $0.2 | 1.84% |
Jan 29, 2015 | $0.2 | 2.02% |
EWBC has a payout ratio of 27.1% which is lower than the Financial Services sector and the industry average. If we compare it with the Financial Services sector average of 43.2%, East West Bancorp's payout ratio is 37% lower.
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---|---|---|---|
PPBI Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc | 5.04% | $1.32 | N/A |
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EWBC East West Bancorp Inc | 2.13% | $2.13 | 27.1% |
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Yes, East West Bancorp has been paying dividends for the last 25 years.
East West Bancorp's last regular dividend was on Aug 2, 2024 (ex-date) with the amount of $0.55 per share.
EWBC's annualized dividend per share is $2.13.
The current dividend yield of East West Bancorp is 2.16%.
East West Bancorp pays four dividends per year.
East West Bancorp's dividend payout ratio is 27.1%.
East West Bancorp's dividend yield is lower than the Financial Services sector average.
Special dividends are included in TTM DPS and yield. Data from and Sharadar.