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title: East West Bancorp (EWBC) — bank health card
canonical: https://sweetvaluelab.com/tools/banks/ewbc
ticker: EWBC
tier: Regional
as_of: 2026-10-16
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# East West Bancorp (EWBC) — bank health

East West Bancorp, Regional, trades at 2.00× tangible book against a 16.5% return on tangible common equity, a 4% premium to the return-driven theory line. Prices as of Oct 16, 2026; trailing-twelve-month figures through Sep 30, 2026.

## The card

| Figure | EWBC | Regional average (10) |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| Price | $126.88 |  |
| P/TBV | 2.00× |  |
| Tangible book per share | $63.36 |  |
| P/E | 12.2 |  |
| EPS (TTM) | $10.40 |  |
| Dividend per share (TTM) | $3.00 |  |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% |  |
| Payout | 28.8% |  |
| ROTCE | 16.5% | 13.5% |
| ROA | 1.73% |  |
| Efficiency ratio | 35.1% | 65.3% |
| Net interest income share | 87.7% | 74.5% |
| Credit cost | 4.40% | 4.41% |
| AOCI / TCE | -4.7% | -11.8% |
| CET1 | 15.4% |  |
| CET1 requirement | 7.0% |  |
| Total assets | $83.5B |  |
| Leverage (assets / TCE) | 9.5× |  |
| P/TBV at 9% / 10% / 11% ROTCE (theory) | 2.25× / 1.92× / 1.68× |  |

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Source: https://sweetvaluelab.com/tools/banks/ewbc (SweetValueLab, free, no account). Quarterly statements from Financial Modeling Prep, closes from the daily price cache; the engine's rules are on the board page. Research and educational data, not investment advice; nothing here is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.