Seasonality
EWBC seasonality — East West Bancorp
Over the last 11 years, EWBC's strongest month on average has been January (+7.7%) and its weakest March (-8.8%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +7.69% | +7.94% | 90% | +19.1% | -5.9% | 10 |
| Feb | +0.40% | -0.24% | 50% | +20.4% | -15.5% | 10 |
| Mar | -8.84% | -4.79% | 20% | +8.6% | -33.6% | 10 |
| Apr | +4.97% | +4.17% | 60% | +36.2% | -9.8% | 10 |
| May | -1.52% | -0.37% | 40% | +6.6% | -17.0% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.31% | +4.52% | 60% | +10.7% | -11.9% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.35% | +0.39% | 50% | +20.0% | -4.4% | 10 |
| Aug | -2.32% | -2.46% | 40% | +6.1% | -14.3% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.87% | -1.95% | 40% | +8.0% | -11.0% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.49% | +2.11% | 70% | +17.8% | -13.1% | 10 |
| Nov | +6.55% | +5.02% | 78% | +17.3% | -3.1% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.41% | +3.76% | 60% | +18.7% | -18.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — EWBC
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.8 | -4.4 | -2.5 | 18.5 | -3.1 | 5.3 | 1.5 | -3.2 | -2.3 | 5.5 | -1.5 | +14.6% | |
| 2025 | 7.5 | -8.3 | -5.0 | -4.7 | 6.6 | 10.7 | -0.7 | 4.9 | 1.2 | -4.6 | 5.0 | 5.3 | +17.4% |
| 2024 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 8.6 | -5.8 | -0.4 | -1.3 | 20.0 | -4.3 | -1.6 | 17.8 | 12.5 | -12.7 | +33.1% |
| 2023 | 19.1 | -2.9 | -27.2 | -6.9 | -7.4 | 10.3 | 17.8 | -11.0 | -4.8 | 1.7 | 17.3 | 14.3 | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 9.7 | 1.4 | -9.8 | -9.8 | 3.1 | -11.9 | 10.8 | 0.5 | -7.0 | 6.6 | -1.9 | -6.1 | -16.2% |
| 2021 | 18.2 | 20.4 | 2.3 | 3.2 | -1.8 | -4.1 | -0.8 | 3.1 | 5.7 | 2.5 | -3.1 | 2.2 | +55.2% |
| 2020 | -5.9 | -15.5 | -33.6 | 36.2 | -0.3 | 3.7 | -4.4 | 6.1 | -11.0 | 11.4 | 17.1 | 18.7 | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 15.6 | 8.5 | -12.2 | 7.3 | -17.0 | 9.5 | 2.6 | -14.3 | 7.7 | -3.1 | 6.8 | 6.3 | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 8.3 | -0.6 | -4.6 | 6.5 | 4.3 | -6.2 | -0.7 | -2.1 | -4.8 | -13.1 | 2.4 | -18.9 | -28.4% |
| 2017 | 1.2 | 5.2 | -4.6 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 7.0 | -2.7 | -2.8 | 8.0 | 0.1 | 2.8 | -1.1 | +19.7% |
| 2016 | 6.2 |