A company's own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So in this series we look at the largest insider buys by the ''top brass'' over the trailing six month period, one of which was a total of $1M by Dominic NG, Chief Executive Officer at East West Bancorp, Inc (Symbol: EWBC).
NG's average cost works out to $38.71/share. Shares of East West Bancorp, Inc were changing hands at $41.45 at last check, trading up about 1.3% on Friday. The chart below shows the one year performance of EWBC shares, versus its 200 day moving average:
Looking at the chart above, EWBC's low point in its 52 week range is $37.685 per share, with $64.34 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $41.45.
The current annualized dividend paid by East West Bancorp, Inc is $1.1/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 07/31/2019. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for EWBC, which can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend with approx. 2.7% annualized yield is likely to continue.
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