---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001069157-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EWBC"
cik: "0001069157"
company_name: "EAST WEST BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T19:46:37.510116+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# East West Bancorp reports FY 2023 net income of $1.2B, EPS $8.18; raises dividend 15%

## Summary
- FY 2023 net income $1.2B, diluted EPS $8.18; adjusted diluted EPS $8.56.
- Revenue $2.608B (+11% YoY); total assets $69.6B (+9% YoY).
- Return on avg common equity 17.91%; adjusted return on avg tangible common equity 20.25%.
- Book value per share $49.64 (+17% YoY); tangible book value $46.27 (+18%).
- Q4 2023 net income $239M, $1.69 diluted EPS; adjusted $2.02 per share; dividend increased 15%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001069157-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EWBC
- cik: 0001069157
- company_name: EAST WEST BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915724000003/0001069157-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915724000003/ewbc-20240123.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001069157-24-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001069157-24-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001069157-24-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  EAST WEST BANCORP INC reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
  - Period: the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On January 23, 2024, East West Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) announced its financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1069157/000106915724000003/0001069157-24-000003-index.htm

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