Hope Bancorp/$HOPE
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About Hope Bancorp
Hope Bancorp Inc is a bank holding company engaged in providing financial services. It offers core business banking products for small and medium-sized businesses and individuals. Services offered by the bank include online banking, mobile banking, mortgage loans, credit cards, investment and wealth management services, and other banking services.
- Ticker
- $HOPE
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 1,432
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, United States
- Website
- www.bankofhope.com
Hope Bancorp Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$1.8B
13.98
$1.00
0.81
$0.56
4.01%
Price and volume
Market cap
$1.8B
Beta
0.81
52-week high
$14.59
52-week low
$9.80
Average daily volume
839K
Dividend rate
$0.56
Financial strength
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
56.13%
Profitability
Net profit margin (TTM)
23.93%
Operating margin (TTM)
32.00%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
18.07%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$370,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
0.68%
Return on equity (TTM)
5.66%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
13.978
Price to revenue (TTM)
3.353
Price to book
0.78
Price to tangible book (TTM)
1.01
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
9.479
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
10.55%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.472
Dividend yield (TTM)
4.01%
Forward dividend yield
4.01%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
32.30%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
192.68%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
-3.39%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-13.08%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-1.77%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
2.44%
Bulls say / Bears say
Second quarter 2026 average loans grew to $14.8 billion, up 1% sequentially and 3% year-over-year (annualized ~8%), reflecting robust commercial lending demand (MarketBeat).
Net interest margin expanded to 2.96% in Q2 from 2.90% in Q1 and 2.69% a year ago, underpinning net interest income growth (MarketScreener).
Adjusted diluted EPS rose 17% sequentially to $0.27, driven by fee income growth and positive operating leverage (MarketBeat).
Criticized loans to total loans receivable rose to 2.24% at June 30, 2026, up from 2.22% at March 31, 2026, suggesting slight credit‐quality pressure quarter-over-quarter (Hope Bancorp IR).
Hope Bancorp remains materially exposed to Korean‐American clients and a representative office in Seoul; adverse economic or political developments in South Korea could trigger deposit outflows and transfer risk (SEC Form 10-K).
Hope Bancorp’s guidance assumes two 25 bps Fed rate cuts in 2026, but as of March 19, 2026 bond traders had fully priced out any chance of a Fed cut this year, potentially limiting net interest margin expansion below company forecasts (Bloomberg).
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 31 Aug 2026.
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Funds containing Hope Bancorp
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Fund name | Fund size | $HOPE weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares S&P SmallCap 600$IDP6 | $3.2B | 0.10% |
iShares S&P Small Cap 600£ISP6 | £2.4B | 0.10% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | €4.8B | 0.06% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | €2.8B | 0.05% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap CTB Enhanced ESG£CUS1 | £2.4B | 0.05% |
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