Ally Financial vs East West Bancorp
ALLY 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 ALLY and EWBC compare
East West Bancorp is the larger company, worth 1.5 times as much as Ally Financial ($17.9B against $11.6B).
On earnings, Ally Financial is cheaper: it trades at 8.8× trailing earnings, against 12.4× for East West Bancorp.
Ally Financial grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (13.1% versus 10.4% for East West Bancorp).
East West Bancorp keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 46.4% compared with 16.8% at Ally Financial.
Both pay dividends: Ally Financial yields 2.4% and East West Bancorp 2.4%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ALLY | EWBC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $11.6B | $17.9B |
| Share price | $38.27 | $130.68 |
| Change, 1 year | −2.5% | 24.3% |
| Change, 5 years | −20.2% | 61.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.33 | 1.10 |
| Employees | 11K | 3,350 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 | 14 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 8.8× (better) | 12.4× |
| P/S | 1.3× (better) | 5.7× |
| P/B | 0.8× (better) | 2.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.5× | – |
| PEG | – | 1.96 |
| Fair value | $50.09 | $110.72 |
| Margin of safety | 23.6% (better) | −18.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.1% (better) | 10.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 3.4% | 12.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 135% (better) | 15.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 163% (better) | 16.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −3.8% | 19.1% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 16.8% | 46.4% (better) |
| Return on equity | 9.9% | 16.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.67 | 0.00 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.06 | – |
| Altman Z-score | 0.09 | 0.32 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | 2.4% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 25.5% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 8 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 9.6% | 16.9% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 4.3% (better) | 0.56% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.6% (better) | 3.0% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 95.9% | 92.3% |
| Held by insiders | 0.74% | 0.76% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.2M (better) | −$30.6M |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.1% | 3.4% |
Go deeper
- ALLY stock overview
- ALLY income statement
- ALLY valuation and score
- EWBC stock overview
- EWBC income statement
- EWBC valuation and score
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