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East West Banking (PHS:EW) Dividend Yield % : 5.78% (As of May. 22, 2024)


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What is East West Banking Dividend Yield %?

As of today (2024-05-22), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of East West Banking is 5.78%.

Good Sign:

East West Banking Corp stock dividend yield is close to 1-year high.

The historical rank and industry rank for East West Banking's Dividend Yield % or its related term are showing as below:

PHS:EW' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.9   Med: 1.51   Max: 6.86
Current: 5.78

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of East West Banking was 6.86%. The lowest was 0.90%. And the median was 1.51%.

PHS:EW's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
74.41% of 1192 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 3.945 vs PHS:EW: 5.78

East West Banking's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of East West Banking was 0.19. The lowest was 0.11. And the median was 0.15.

As of today (2024-05-22), the Forward Dividend Yield % of East West Banking is 5.78%.

East West Banking's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ₱0.00.

During the past 12 months, East West Banking's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.50% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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East West Banking Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for East West Banking's Dividend Yield % 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.

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East West Banking Dividend Yield % Chart

East West Banking Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - 6.00 4.81

East West Banking Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Dividend Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.71 6.01 4.37 4.81 4.50

Competitive Comparison of East West Banking's Dividend Yield %

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, East West Banking's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % 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 Banking's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, East West Banking's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where East West Banking's Dividend Yield % falls into.



East West Banking Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

East West Banking Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
PHP 0.5400002024-05-162024-05-172024-05-31Cash DividendannuallyPHP:PHP 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

East West Banking's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.54/9.35
=5.78 %

Current Share Price is ₱9.35.
East West Banking's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is ₱0.54.

East West Banking's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=0.54/9.35
=5.78 %

Current Share Price is ₱9.35.
East West Banking's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as ₱0.54 * 1 = ₱0.54.

* 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 Banking  (PHS:EW) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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East West Banking (PHS:EW) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
5th Avenue Corner, 23rd Street, The Beaufort, Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, PHL, 1634
East West Banking Corporation is a commercial bank providing financial services in the Philippines. The bank generates all revenue domestically. The bank operates through four segments: The retail banking segment offers traditional branch banking products and services such as deposits, back-to-back/emerging market loans, and other over-the-counter (OTC) transactions, The corporate banking segment handles lending and trade financing for both large corporations and middle-market clients, The consumer banking segment caters to loans for individuals, and Treasury and Trust segment consists of Treasury and Trust operations of the Group. The company derives the majority of its revenue from the consumer banking segment.