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Los Angeles-based bank holding company serving Korean-American and other diverse communities across the United States.
Los Angeles-based bank holding company serving Korean-American and other diverse communities across the United States.
Earns mainly on the gap between loan interest and deposit costs, with commercial real estate lending the largest part, plus fees from SBA loan sales and trade finance. Two Los Angeles Korean-American banks, BBCN and Wilshire, merged in 2016 to form it.
In one line: A Korean-American community bank.
Moat: narrow (distribution, brand, customer qualification). Largest Korean-American bank in the US with deep community relationships and bilingual service.
Headquarters: Los Angeles, California · Employees: 1,434
Size Hope Bancorp (HOPE) is a United States Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $1.68B, the 1909th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $13.18 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 6.2%, against +10.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.4%); the operating margin is 30.4% (peer median 26.9%).
Valuation It trades at 0.75× book value against a peer median of 0.98× (4th cheapest of 21).
Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 7.6%; Hope Bancorp delivers 5.9%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
Short interest Short interest is 6.4% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.03B | $967M | $1.01B | $1.08B | $755M |
| Revenue growth | — | -4% | -6% | +43% | — |
| Net income | $133M | $61.6M | $99.6M | $134M | $218M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | $151M | $107M | $461M | $476M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | $13.1M | $9.81M | $24.1M | $9.11M |
| Total debt | $486M | $455M | $393M | $1.96B | $1.25B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Bancorp HOPE | $1.68B | +6% | +7% | 6% | 0.75× | 7.6% |
| Hanmi Financial HAFC | $964M | +8% | +3% | 11% | 1.19× | 9.4% |
| Preferred Bank PFBC | $1.22B | +8% | 0% | 17% | 1.54× | 10.3% |
| Cathay General Bancorp CATY | $4.24B | +12% | +3% | 12% | 1.39× | 11.8% |
| East West Bancorp EWBC | $17.7B | +5% | +3% | 17% | 1.95× | 16.3% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | HOPE | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -2.0% | 0.0% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +6.2% | +10.5% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Return on equity | 5.9% | 9.3% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Price / book | 0.75× | 0.98× | 4th cheapest of 21 |
| Trailing P/E | 12.8× | 12.4× | 9th most expensive of 20 |
| ROE the price implies | 7.6% | 8.0% | 11th least demanding of 21 |
| ROE delivered | 5.9% | 10.5% | 5th lowest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Bancorp HOPE | United States | $1.68B | +6% | +7% | 6% | 0.75× | 7.6% | 5.9% |
| Inter & INTR | United States | $1.70B | -40% | +51% | 16% | 0.84× | 8.8% | 15.5% |
| CHINA BOHAI BANK 9668.HK | Hong Kong | $1.67B | -23% | -5% | 6% | 0.10× | 3.4% | 5.5% |
| QCR QCRH | United States | $1.64B | +11% | +3% | 13% | 1.43× | 10.9% | 12.7% |
| iM Financial 139130.KS | South Korea | $1.76B | -20% | +24% | 8% | 0.46× | 4.2% | n/a |
| South Indian Bank SOUTHBANK.NS | India | $1.60B | +38% | +5% | 14% | 1.25× | 18.3% | 13.9% |
| FirstSun Capital Bancorp FSUN | United States | $1.77B | +5% | +45% | 4% | 0.98× | 6.3% | 4.2% |
| Hyakujushi Bank 8386.T | Japan | $1.78B | +4% | +22% | 6% | 0.72× | 6.7% | 5.6% |
| Pathward Financial CASH | United States | $1.58B | -12% | -1% | 21% | 1.93× | 12.8% | 20.9% |
| Esquire Financial ESQ | United States | $1.57B | +21% | +33% | 11% | 2.00× | 10.2% | 10.5% |
| Happen HAPN | United States | $1.84B | n/a | +26% | 14% | 1.16× | 14.5% | 13.8% |
| Punjab & Sind Bank PSB.NS | India | $1.52B | -22% | +3% | 11% | 0.99× | 14.8% | 10.7% |
| Far Eastern International Bank 2845.TW | Taiwan | $1.88B | +4% | +5% | 7% | 0.87× | 3.2% | 7.4% |
| Avarda Bank AVARDA.ST | Sweden | $1.47B | +42% | +22% | 26% | 4.29× | 23.7% | 26.0% |
| SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge NONG.OL | Norway | $1.96B | +26% | -4% | 8% | 0.93× | 6.6% | 7.7% |
| City CHCO | United States | $1.99B | +15% | +3% | 16% | 2.55× | 13.9% | 16.4% |
| Senshu Ikeda Holdings,Inc 8714.T | Japan | $1.41B | -14% | +29% | 8% | 0.88× | 6.0% | 8.0% |
| Seven Bank 8410.T | Japan | $2.09B | +28% | +3% | 6% | 1.41× | 5.7% | 6.3% |
| Toho Bank 8346.T | Japan | $1.32B | +24% | +30% | 7% | 0.92× | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| OFG Bancorp OFG | United States | $2.15B | +10% | +2% | 17% | 1.60× | 12.0% | 16.6% |
| Awa Bank 8388.T | Japan | $2.15B | +94% | +23% | 5% | 0.80× | 5.3% | 4.7% |