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East West Bank

$10B-$250B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 31628

Designations: ✓ Minority Depository Institution

Pasadena, CA

97 branches across CA · TX · NY · WA · GA · MA · NV

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 139 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationwide — 1 of 10 in CA.
  • Deposits +7.9% year over year ($70.3B on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.38%.
  • Return on assets 1.77%.
  • Efficiency ratio 35.98% vs a 53.67% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 82.66% vs a 82.61% peer average.

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139 banks in the $10B-$250B peer group nationally 10 in CA
View $10B-$250B leaderboard (CA) →

East West Bank has 3 strengths but faces 3 concerns

Key Strengths include matched growth signatures, metrics ranked in the top 10%, and values meaningfully above the tier average.
Key Concerns include matched risk or decline signatures, metrics ranked in the bottom 10%, and values meaningfully below the tier average.

Key Strengths

Areas where this bank excels compared to peers

  • + Credit Quality Leader: Top 14.3% in tier
  • + Efficiency Ratio 17.69% below tier average
  • + ROA 0.38% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 32.8% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 33.9% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.45% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $84.3B
+8.6% YoY +2.2% QoQ
+$40.7B $43.6B
-13.8% YoY
$4.9B
+8.2% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Top 13.7% in tier
Total Loans ? $58.1B
+7.2% YoY +1.4% QoQ
+$30.2B $28.0B
-8.6% YoY
$3.3B
+8.0% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Top 10.8% in tier
Total Deposits ? $70.3B
+7.9% YoY +1.8% QoQ
+$34.9B $35.4B
-14.0% YoY
$4.0B
+7.9% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Top 12.9% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.77%
+11.9% YoY -0.3% QoQ
+0.38% 1.39%
+25.9% YoY
1.69%
+23.4% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
83%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.47%
+3.3% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-0.45% 3.92%
+8.9% YoY
3.84%
+2.9% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
40%
Efficiency Ratio ? 35.98%
+0.3% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-17.69% 53.67%
-1.9% YoY
64.67%
-10.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Top 8.6% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.38%
+48.7% YoY +8.8% QoQ
-0.63% 1.01%
-2.8% YoY
1.15%
+46.6% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
83%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 82.66%
-0.7% YoY -0.3% QoQ
+0.05% 82.61%
+3.1% YoY
86.69%
+1.8% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
59%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 26.42%
+10.4% YoY +3.4% QoQ
+5.84% 20.58%
+4.9% YoY
25.07%
-3.4% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
69%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.29%
+32.4% YoY +11.7% QoQ
-0.44% 0.73%
+5.8% YoY
0.91%
+41.3% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
78%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.90%
+2.0% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-1.45% 15.35%
-0.4% YoY
20.69%
-2.9% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
63%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.24%
+9.0% YoY +94.9% QoQ
-0.25% 0.50%
+10.5% YoY
1.26%
+3.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
32%

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 26.4%
+2.5pp YoY
+0.9pp QoQ
+5.4pp 21.0% 25.5% 22.2% 68%
Brokered Deposits 3.8%
-1.2pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
-5.5pp 9.2% 11.0% 8.5% 39%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 17.6%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.5pp 17.2% 11.8% 12.5% 57%
CRE 37.5%
-0.6pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-4.5pp 42.0% 67.5% 41.4% 35%
1-4 Family 31.1%
-0.4pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+8.0pp 23.1% 16.5% 31.3% 78%
Consumer 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-12.9pp 12.9% 5.3% 5.0% 4%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 13.9%
+0.3pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-1.4pp 15.3% 23.7% 19.7% 65%
Leverage Ratio 9.9%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.5pp 10.4% 14.5% 12.6% 43%
Total Capital Ratio 15.2%
+0.3pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-1.4pp 16.5% 25.1% 20.8% 65%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 3,473
+299 (+9.4%) YoY
+43 (+1.3%) QoQ
+215 3,258 337 482 75%
Assets per Employee ($) $24.3M
-0.7% YoY
+1.0% QoQ
-$2.8M $27.0M $11.3M $8.8M 80%
Branch Count 97
-1 (-1.0%) YoY
0 QoQ
-41 137 15 18 55%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.4%
+0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.7% 1.4% 1.0% 23%
Allowance Coverage 3.79x
-30.6% YoY
-8.8% QoQ
+0.98x 2.81x 17.11x 20.23x 86%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.1%
0.0pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 44%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 17.7%
+1.5pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+5.1pp 12.6% 8.2% 11.6% 87%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.0%
-0.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
0.0pp 2.0% 1.9% 1.7% 58%
Net Income ($, YTD) $728.3M
+20.3% YoY
— QoQ
+$431.5M $296.8M $28.5M $40.4M 92%

Signature Analysis

Composite behavioral patterns that combine multiple metrics to identify what stands out about this bank. Matched signatures only; metric-level callouts appear in the Key Strengths / Key Concerns summary above.

Strengths are growth signatures this bank matches (e.g. Revenue Diversifier, Profitability Leader).
Concerns are risk or decline signatures this bank matches (e.g. Margin Compression, Credit Quality Pressure).

Strengths (1)

Credit Quality Leader

growth
#6 of 35 • Top 14.3% in tier

Best-in-class credit quality (delinquency in bottom 25% of peer group). Conservative underwriting paying off.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.38%
(Tier: 1.01%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
35 of 35 Large banks match · 920 nationally
→ Stable +1 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (2)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#23 of 67 • Bottom 32.8% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.38%
(Tier: 1.01%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
67 of 67 Large banks match · 1820 nationally
→ Stable -71 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#21 of 59 • Bottom 33.9% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

59 of 59 Large banks match · 1401 nationally
→ Stable -58 banks QoQ

Metric Rankings

See how this bank ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths are metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher).
Concerns are metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower).
Comparing against 139 peers in $10B-$250B

Top Strengths (7 metrics)

13
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 35.98%
Peer Median: 53.67%
#13 of 139 Top 8.6% in $10B-$250B
16
Total Loans
size
Value: $58.12B
Peer Median: $27.97B
#16 of 139 Top 10.8% in $10B-$250B
19
Total Deposits
size
Value: $70.31B
Peer Median: $35.42B
#19 of 139 Top 12.9% in $10B-$250B
20
Total Assets
size
Value: $84.32B
Peer Median: $43.60B
#20 of 139 Top 13.7% in $10B-$250B
24
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.77%
Peer Median: 1.39%
#24 of 139 Top 16.5% in $10B-$250B
24
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.38%
Peer Median: 1.01%
#24 of 138 Top 16.7% in $10B-$250B
31
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.29%
Peer Median: 0.73%
#31 of 139 Top 21.6% in $10B-$250B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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