(HOPE) Hope Bancorp - Overview
Sector: Financial Services | Industry: Banks - Regional | Exchange: NASDAQ (USA) | Market Cap: 1.516m USD | Total Return: 29.1% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 10.3M
EPS Trend: -79.8%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: -60.5%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Hope Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOPE) serves as the holding company for Bank of Hope, a regional financial institution headquartered in Los Angeles. The company specializes in retail and commercial banking, offering a comprehensive suite of deposit products including checking, savings, and money market accounts. Its lending portfolio is diversified across commercial and industrial loans, real estate financing, and Small Business Administration (SBA) programs.
Operating within the regional banking sub-industry, Hope Bancorp focuses heavily on the Korean-American community, a niche demographic that provides a stable core deposit base. Regional banks typically generate revenue through the net interest margin, which is the spread between interest earned on loans and interest paid to depositors. Beyond traditional lending, the company provides treasury management, foreign exchange services, and wealth management to its corporate and individual clients.
Investors can evaluate the companys valuation metrics and dividend history further on ValueRay. Founded in 1986, the firm maintains a significant presence in major U.S. markets, leveraging digital banking and remote deposit capture to service its commercial client base.
- High concentration of commercial real estate loans exposes balance sheet to property valuations
- Net interest margin performance depends on cost of deposits within Korean-American communities
- Expansion into diversified commercial and industrial lending reduces reliance on real estate cycles
- Federal Reserve interest rate policy shifts impact yield on variable-rate SBA loan portfolio
- Potential consolidation or acquisition activity influences valuation as a regional banking player
| Net Income: 67.0m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 0.12 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -314.4% < 20% (prev -1.43k%; Δ 1.11k% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.01 > 3% & CFO 151.7m > Net Income 67.0m |
| Net Debt (-139.2m) to EBITDA (93.7m): -1.49 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.17 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (128.7m) vs 12m ago 6.00% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 49.98% > 18% (prev 0.46%; Δ 4.95k% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 5.50% > 50% (prev 5.65%; Δ -0.16% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 0.20 > 6 (EBITDA TTM 93.7m / Interest Expense TTM 458.7m) |
| A: -0.17 (Total Current Assets 648.5m - Total Current Liabilities 3.73b) / Total Assets 18.7b |
| B: 0.06 (Retained Earnings 1.18b / Total Assets 18.7b) |
| C: 0.01 (EBIT TTM 90.8m / Avg Total Assets 17.9b) |
| D: 0.06 (Book Value of Equity 1.03b / Total Liabilities 16.4b) |
| Altman-Z'' = -0.78 = CCC |
| DSRI: 1.06 (Receivables 53.7m/50.0m, Revenue 981.6m/964.9m) |
| GMI: 0.93 (GM 49.98% / 46.39%) |
| AQI: 1.01 (AQ_t 0.96 / AQ_t-1 0.95) |
| SGI: 1.02 (Revenue 981.6m / 964.9m) |
| TATA: -0.00 (NI 67.0m - CFO 151.7m) / TA 18.7b) |
| Beneish M = -3.03 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of May 24, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 12.45 with a total of 812,377 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by +4.38%,
over one month by +0.40%,
over three months by +9.25% and
over the past year by +29.11%.
Hope Bancorp has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.50. Therefore, it is recommended to hold HOPE.
- StrongBuy: 1
- Buy: 0
- Hold: 3
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 14.4 | 15.5% |
P/E Forward = 9.7087
P/S = 3.1818
P/B = 0.6948
P/EG = 1.2377
Revenue TTM = 981.6m USD
EBIT TTM = 90.8m USD
EBITDA TTM = 93.7m USD
Long Term Debt = 395.9m USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 285.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 455.5m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 59.3m
Net Debt = -139.2m USD (calculated: Debt 455.5m - CCE 594.8m)
Enterprise Value = 1.38b USD (1.52b + Debt 455.5m - CCE 594.8m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 0.20 (Ebit TTM 90.8m / Interest Expense TTM 458.7m)
EV/FCF = 10.21x (Enterprise Value 1.38b / FCF TTM 134.8m)
FCF Yield = 9.79% (FCF TTM 134.8m / Enterprise Value 1.38b)
FCF Margin = 13.74% (FCF TTM 134.8m / Revenue TTM 981.6m)
Net Margin = 6.82% (Net Income TTM 67.0m / Revenue TTM 981.6m)
Gross Margin = 49.98% ((Revenue TTM 981.6m - Cost of Revenue TTM 491.0m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 53.48% (prev 56.37%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.07 (Enterprise Value 1.38b / Total Assets 18.7b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 100.7% (Interest Expense 458.7m / Debt 455.5m)
Taxrate = 22.10% (8.38m / 37.9m)
NOPAT = 70.7m (EBIT 90.8m * (1 - 22.10%))
Current Ratio = 0.17 (Total Current Assets 648.5m / Total Current Liabilities 3.73b)
Debt / Equity = 0.20 (Debt 455.5m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 2.28b)
Debt / EBITDA = -1.49 (Net Debt -139.2m / EBITDA 93.7m)
Debt / FCF = -1.03 (Net Debt -139.2m / FCF TTM 134.8m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 2.26b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 0.37% (Net Income 67.0m / Total Assets 18.7b)
RoE = 2.96% (Net Income TTM 67.0m / Total Stockholder Equity 2.26b)
RoCE = 3.42% (EBIT 90.8m / Capital Employed (Equity 2.26b + L.T.Debt 395.9m))
RoIC = 0.38% (NOPAT 70.7m / Invested Capital 18.7b)
WACC = 7.11% (E(1.52b)/V(1.97b) * Re(9.25%) + (debt cost/tax rate unavailable))
Discount Rate = 9.25% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 91.11 | Cagr: 2.88%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈122.3m ; Y1≈140.1m ; Y5≈206.3m
[DCF] Fair Price = 25.37 (EV 3.10b - Net Debt -139.2m = Equity 3.24b / Shares 127.8m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: -79.77 | EPS CAGR: -16.54% | SUE: 0.22 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -60.51 | Revenue CAGR: -3.87% | SUE: 0.60 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-06-30): EPS=0.26 | Chg30d=-1.92% | Revisions=-33% | Analysts=4
EPS next Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.27 | Chg30d=-10.00% | Revisions=-43% | Analysts=4
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.11 | Chg30d=+0.00% | Revisions=+14% | GrowthEPS=+24.4% | GrowthRev=+26.9%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.60 | Chg30d=+17.83% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+44.7% | GrowthRev=+22.7%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +50%