The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-25), East West Bancorp's share price is $77.20. East West Bancorp's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $49.64. Hence, East West Bancorp's PB Ratio of today is 1.56.
The historical rank and industry rank for East West Bancorp's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
EWBC'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66 Med: 1.83 Max: 2.65
Current: 1.56
During the past 13 years, East West Bancorp's highest PB Ratio was 2.65. The lowest was 0.66. And the median was 1.83.
EWBC's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 84.1% of 1459
companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.85
vs EWBC: 1.56
During the past 12 months, East West Bancorp's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 16.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of East West Bancorp was 30.80% per year. The lowest was -9.70% per year. And the median was 10.50% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
East West Bancorp PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for East West Bancorp's PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio
For the Banks - Regional subindustry, East West Bancorp's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry
For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, East West Bancorp's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where East West Bancorp's PB Ratio falls into.
East West Bancorp PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
East West Bancorp's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
East West Bancorp PB Ratio Related Terms
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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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