HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE)
Financials · Regional Banks · NASDAQ
Hope Bancorp is a super-community bank serving multi-ethnic communities and small businesses with a comprehensive suite of commercial and retail banking products.
What HOPE BANCORP INC does
Hope Bancorp is the holding company for Bank of Hope, a super-community bank providing a wide range of financial services including commercial, mortgage, and consumer lending, as well as treasury management and international trade services. The bank maintains a specialized focus on serving the diverse needs of multi-ethnic communities, particularly the Korean American community in the United States.
Themes: commercial banking, mortgage lending, SBA lending, small business banking, international trade finance
Fundamentals
- Price$13.46 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$1.7B as of 2026-07-31 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+22.0% 2025-10-08 close $11.03 → 2026-10-08 close $13.46
- P/E13.21 as of 2026-10-08
- ROE+2.7% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.05 as of 2026-09-03
- Beta0.92 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-27 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +4.0%; at least 9 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer.
How HOPE compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 513 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- return on equitybottom 25% 559 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- indicated dividend yieldtop 25% 468 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 430 covered Financials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Exceeded at least one reported measure. In FY2025, HOPE's dividend exceeded at least one reported measure of what it earned or generated (earnings payout 115%, free-cash-flow payout 47%). A payout above 100% in one year is not necessarily unsustainable, but it is not fully covered by that measure.
- Earnings payout115% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout47% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How HOPE BANCORP INC looks technically
HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE) is trading 6.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 242 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 29, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 43, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 6.7% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +6.7% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $13.92 | $13.92 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $12.61 | $12.61 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 7 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 7 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 242 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 242 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 29, with sellers in control | 29.3 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 43, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 42.6 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($13.00 to $14.06) — its "stochastic" reading is 43 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 42.9 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 17 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $14.59 | $14.59 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 7.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -7.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 37.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +37.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 7.8% below its highest point of the past year | 7.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $22.99 (set on 2017-01-25) | $22.99 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($9.84 to $14.50), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 22% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $11.47 to $11.62. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 22.4% |
| From the all-time high | it is 41.5% below its all-time high | -41.5% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.8% below a resistance level at $13.56 — a price it turned at twice since 2024-10-15, most recently on 2026-09-01. Since 2024-10-08 it has 11 such levels below the current price and 3 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.8% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $2.05 (set on 2009-03-06) | $2.05 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 556.3% above its all-time low | +556.3% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 35th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.2769 between its high and its low — about 2.1% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.2769 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $13.23 and $14.18 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $13.23 – $13.71 – $14.18 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.1% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.1% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 3.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (6.7% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 3.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.31× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
3
| Since a doji | 1 session ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 1 session ago |
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| Since a bullish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 5 sessions ago |
| Since a bearish engulfing | 8 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 8 sessions ago |
Price gaps
1
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.4% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.4% |
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Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 4.8 percentage points (the stock lost 3.8% while the market gained 1.0%) | -4.8% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 1.4 percentage points (the stock gained 2.5% while the market gained 3.8%) | -1.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 3.3 percentage points (the stock gained 14.1% while the market gained 17.5%) | -3.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 7.0 percentage points (the stock gained 22.0% while the market gained 15.0%) | +7.0% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 1.4% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 2.5% of the share price. | -1.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 6% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $12.74 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 187 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +5.6% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 3% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-27 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $13.92 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 53 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -3.4% |
Descending triangle, either side — forming · the lower entry $13.38 · 54 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
HOPE last closed at $13.46 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 11 prices below its last close and 3 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $13.56 | Resistance | 0.8% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-10-15 to 2026-09-01 |
| $13.05 | Support | 3.0% below the last close | turned there four times · 2026-04-28 to 2026-10-01 |
| $14.09 | Resistance | 4.7% above the last close | turned there three times · 2026-07-02 to 2026-09-16 |
| $12.73 | Support | 5.4% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-01-27 to 2026-05-26 |
| $12.42 | Support | 7.7% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-01-15 to 2026-04-09 |
| $14.50 | Resistance | 7.7% above the last close | turned there four times · 2024-11-06 to 2026-08-14 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) · Trading below the Ichimoku cloud · Near a resistance level (pressing into a price that has capped it before) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.20 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 4 analysts
- Mean price target$15.50 range $15.00 – $16.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-09. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for HOPE
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.29 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-09
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.005 (-1.7%) from $0.295, on 2026-09-04, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 9 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Interest rate fluctuations impacting net interest margin","Credit risk within the loan portfolio, particularly commercial real estate loans","Dependence on core deposit growth to fund lending activities"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of HOPE's 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 against the prior one filed 2025-11-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-06) references comparison period of three months ended March 31, 2026 vs. March 31, 2025, whereas older filing (2025-11-06) compared three months and nine months ended September 30, 2025 vs. 2024.
- Newer filing states total assets of $18.66 billion at March 31, 2026; older filing stated $18.51 billion at September 30, 2025.
- Newer filing reports 28 Territorial Savings branches in Hawaii; older filing reported 29 branches.
- Newer filing includes reference to Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2025; older filing referenced Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2024.
- Removed:
- Older filing's reference to acquisition closing in second quarter 2025 and investment securities AFS portfolio repositioning is not present in newer filing's comparative context.
- Older filing included nine-month comparative data (nine months ended September 30, 2025 vs. 2024); newer filing contains only three-month data.
- Older filing included average balance sheet line items for 'Investment securities AFS and HTM' and detailed period-end 'Investment securities AFS and HTM'; newer filing does not show these line items in the selected financial data tables.
- Older filing included FHLB and FRB borrowings average balance of $27,286 thousand for Q3 2025; newer filing shows $284,936 thousand for Q1 2026.
- Reworded:
- Older filing stated 'The Company has provided supplemental non-GAAP information'; newer filing states 'We have provided supplemental non-GAAP information'.
- Newer filing describes notable items impact as 'associated with the 2025 Territorial Merger'; older filing referenced 'the Territorial Merger and the loss on securities sold'.
- Older filing notes: 'During the second quarter of 2025, the acquisition of Territorial Bancorp Inc. was closed'; newer filing references merger completion as 'effective April 2, 2025' without mentioning the closure details.
- Notes:
- The two filings compare different interim periods (Q1 2026 vs. Q3 2025), making some numerical differences attributable to different reporting periods rather than operational changes.
- The older filing appears truncated at the end ('A quantitative reconciliation of the most directly comparable GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures is provided on the following pages.' and 'Non-GAAP Financial Measurements' section incomplete), limiting full comparison of non-GAAP methodology disclosures.
- Asset quality and capital ratio changes between periods reflect both operational performance and the timing differences of the two quarterly reports.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 2 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 2 sells ($407314) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 4 sells ($576691) — 2 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-01. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
U.S. House trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 1 matched disclosure for HOPE from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
U.S. House trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding HOPE as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 28,423,200
- Reported value $388,829,391
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
HOPE had 6,850,300 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
HOPE had 5.36% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 9.98 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 6,850,300
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 5.36%
- Prior settlement (shares) 6,416,294
- Reported change 6.76%
- Days to cover (reported) 9.98
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Cathay General Bancorp (CATY)
- East West Bancorp (EWBC)
- Hanmi Financial Corporation (HAFC)
- Preferred Bank (PFBC)
- PacWest Bancorp
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Frequently asked questions
What does HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE) do?
Hope Bancorp is the holding company for Bank of Hope, a super-community bank providing a wide range of financial services including commercial, mortgage, and consumer lending, as well as treasury management and international trade services. The bank maintains a specialized focus on serving the diverse needs of multi-ethnic communities, particularly the Korean American community in the United States.
What sector is HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE) in?
HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is Regional Banks. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does HOPE pay a dividend?
Yes — HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 4.01% and at least 9 years of non-decreasing per-share dividends (SEC EDGAR XBRL) — we do not hold the year before it, so the real streak may be longer (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are HOPE BANCORP INC's (HOPE) competitors?
Notable peers of HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE) include Cathay General Bancorp, East West Bancorp, Hanmi Financial Corporation, Preferred Bank and PacWest Bancorp. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent U.S. House stock trading in HOPE?
Yes — we hold 1 matched STOCK Act disclosure for HOPE from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE) overbought or oversold right now?
HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 43, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on HOPE come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.