Financial Services
Hope Bancorp, Inc.(HOPE)
Live Price
Offline$12.84
+0.71% today
1Y Change
+22.17%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.59B
- Revenue Growth
- -3.2%
- EPS Growth
- -44.6%
- Dividend Yield
- 4.5%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Hope Bancorp, Inc. (HOPE) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $1.59B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $12.84 and up 22.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -3.2%, EPS growth of -44.6%, a dividend yield of 4.5%. What stands out right now is revenue -3.2%, EPS -44.6%, free cash flow +41.7% with operating margin 9.3% and ROIC 0.4%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 4.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 23.9 and price/sales 1.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines HOPE price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-3.2% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+9.3% vs +4.7% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 28, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -3.2% and EPS is at -44.6%, with operating margin around 9.3%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 4.5%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 28, 2026 | โ | -4.2% | -3.3% | -2.9% |
2026 Jan 27, 2026 | +3.9% | -3.3% | +1.4% | -2.8% |
2025 Oct 28, 2025 | -2.9% | -1.2% | -3.5% | -1.0% |
Benchmark Edge
HOPE vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
HOPE
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
HOPE Max Drawdown
-16.72%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for HOPE and SPY.
Company Overview
Hope Bancorp, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Hope Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Bank of Hope that provides banking services for small and medium-sized businesses, and individuals in the United States. The company accepts personal and business checking, money market, savings, time deposit, and individual retirement accounts. Its loan products include commercial loans to businesses for various purposes, such as working capital, purchasing inventory, debt refinancing, business acquisitions, and other business related financing needs; real estate loans; small business administration loans; and consumer loans, such as single-family mortgage, home equity, auto, credit card, and personal loans. The company also offers trade finance services, including the issuance and negotiation of letters of credit, as well as handles documentary collections; warehouse lines of credit to mortgage loan originators; and commercial equipment lease financing. In addition, it provides cash management services, such as remote deposit capture, lock box, and ACH origination services; investment and wealth management services; mobile banking services; debit card services; foreign exchanges services, safe deposit boxes, and other customary bank services; internet banking services; and automated teller machine services. As of December 31, 2021, the company operated 47 full-service branches in California, Washington, Texas, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Alabama; SBA loan production offices in Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Denver, Portland, Seattle, Fremont, and Southern California; and a representative office in Seoul, Korea. Hope Bancorp, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
- Leadership
- Kevin Sung Kim
- IPO Date
- Jan 29, 1998
- Employees
- 1.2k
- Street Address
- 3200 Wilshire Boulevard
- Mailing
- Los Angeles, CA, 90010
- Region
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 213 639 1700
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 23.9
- EV/EBITDA
- 14.9
- Price/Sales
- 1.6
- Price/Book
- 0.7
Growth
- Revenue
- -3.2%
- EPS
- -44.6%
- Free Cash Flow
- +41.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 50.0%
- Operating Margin
- 9.3%
- Net Margin
- 6.8%
- ROE
- 3.0%
- ROIC
- 0.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.17
- Current Ratio
- 2.28
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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