---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001069157-22-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EWBC"
cik: "0001069157"
company_name: "EAST WEST BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2022-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T05:34:57.889613+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# East West Bancorp Q1 net income $238M, EPS $1.66; record loans $43.5B and deposits $54.9B

## Summary
- Net income $237.7M, diluted EPS $1.66, up 37% linked quarter annualized and 16% YoY.
- Net interest margin expanded 14 bps to 2.87%; adjusted pre-tax pre-provision income $320.3M.
- Total loans reached record $43.5B; excluding PPP, grew $2.0B (20% annualized linked quarter).
- Total deposits record $54.9B, up $1.6B (12% annualized); demand deposits 45% of deposits.
- Return on assets 1.56% (+17 bps), return on equity 16.5% (+157 bps) sequentially.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001069157-22-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EWBC
- cik: 0001069157
- company_name: EAST WEST BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2022-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915722000042/0001069157-22-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915722000042/ewbc-20220421.htm

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