EWBC vs. MTB, FCNCA, FITB, HBAN, RF, KEY, FHN, WBS, WAL, and PNFP
Should you be buying East West Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of East West Bancorp include M&T Bank (MTB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Regions Financial (RF), KeyCorp (KEY), First Horizon (FHN), Webster Financial (WBS), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), and Pinnacle Financial Partners (PNFP). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.
East West Bancorp vs.
East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) and M&T Bank (NYSE:MTB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment and dividends.
East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. M&T Bank pays an annual dividend of $5.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. M&T Bank pays out 36.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
East West Bancorp has a net margin of 25.73% compared to M&T Bank's net margin of 19.24%. East West Bancorp's return on equity of 15.71% beat M&T Bank's return on equity.
89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of M&T Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of M&T Bank shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
East West Bancorp has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, M&T Bank has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
M&T Bank has higher revenue and earnings than East West Bancorp. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than M&T Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, East West Bancorp and East West Bancorp both had 17 articles in the media. M&T Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat East West Bancorp's score of 0.97 indicating that M&T Bank is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
East West Bancorp received 312 more outperform votes than M&T Bank when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.81% of users gave East West Bancorp an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave M&T Bank an outperform vote.
East West Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $110.38, indicating a potential upside of 17.57%. M&T Bank has a consensus target price of $221.68, indicating a potential upside of 14.57%. Given East West Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than M&T Bank.
Summary
East West Bancorp beats M&T Bank on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EWBC) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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