Popular vs East West Bancorp
BPOP and EWBC side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BPOP and EWBC compare
East West Bancorp is the larger company, worth 1.8 times as much as Popular ($17.9B against $10.0B).
On earnings, Popular is cheaper: it trades at 10.6× trailing earnings, against 12.6× for East West Bancorp.
East West Bancorp grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.7% versus 9.6% for Popular).
East West Bancorp keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 46.6% compared with 37.9% at Popular.
Both pay dividends: Popular yields 2.0% and East West Bancorp 2.3%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BPOP | EWBC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $10.0B | $17.9B |
| Share price | $156.61 | $130.81 |
| Change, 1 year | 43.4% | 31.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 88.9% | 57.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.85 | 1.10 |
| Employees | 9,427 | 3,350 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 | 16 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 10.6× (better) | 12.6× |
| P/S | 3.9× (better) | 5.8× |
| P/B | 1.6× (better) | 1.9× |
| P/FCF | 12.4× | – |
| PEG | – | 1.99 |
| FCF yield | 8.1% | – |
| Fair value | $148.60 | $111.38 |
| Margin of safety | −5.4% (better) | −17.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.6% | 13.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.2% | 12.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 34.4% (better) | 21.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 43.5% (better) | 21.8% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 15.9% | 19.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 37.9% | 46.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | 31.6% | – |
| Return on equity | 15.6% | 16.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.21 | 0.32 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 2.3% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 20.4% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 | 8 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 12.6% | 16.9% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.69% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.0% | 3.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.1% | 92.3% |
| Held by insiders | 2.0% | 0.82% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$17.3M (better) | −$27.3M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 3.2% |
Go deeper
- BPOP stock overview
- BPOP income statement
- BPOP valuation and score
- EWBC stock overview
- EWBC income statement
- EWBC valuation and score
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