East West Bancorp Inc (EWBC) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026)
East West Bancorp (EWBC) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 15.85% for Q2 2026, up 1.06 percentage points from 14.79% a year earlier and up 0.29 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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East West Bancorp Inc (EWBC) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, East West Bancorp's Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 15.94%, up 0.06 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of +4.91 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, East West Bancorp's Return on Equity [ROE] was 15.89% in FY2024 (-2.07 pp), 17.95% in FY2023 (-1.13 pp), 19.08% in FY2022 (+3.36 pp) and 15.72% in FY2021 (+4.68 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q1 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] has increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.79 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q4 2022, with a gain of 4.23 percentage points; the weakest was Q2 2024, with a drop of 4.38 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was 15.56% (Q1 2026), 15.16% (Q4 2025) and 15.04% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 15.85% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.56% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 15.16% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 15.04% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.79% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.96% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.15% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 14.94% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 15.45% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 16.08% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.14% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 19.28% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 19.84% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 19.73% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 19.37% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 17.91% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 16.60% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 15.69% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 15.15% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 14.58% |
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East West Bancorp Inc Return on Equity [ROE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=EWBC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "EWBC", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=EWBC&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();