Hope Bancorp: Good Yield And Strong Acquisition-Driven Growth
Hope Bancorp is trading below book value and at a 43% discount to the financial sector despite a fwd ROE 5.6x higher than the ...
Model output · Signal date 2026-10-16
Hope Bancorp Inc (HOPE) Stock Forecast Oct. 16, 2026
Analysis updated on Oct. 16, 2026 (UTC) · Alpha · vs marketSwitch to Total · Nasdaq
Rating · 90D
Alpha
90-day forecast
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Alpha
Rank in coverage
Middle 30%
of 5184 stocks scored
Rank correlation · 90D
9.0%
Spearman, 357 dates
Market Cap
$1.72B
small-cap · #40 of 60 peers
Summary
Hope Bancorp Inc (HOPE) stock forecast summary
On Oct. 16, 2026, HOPE is rated Neutral: its 90-day Alpha forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5184 stocks scored that day.
Hope Bancorp Inc is a small-cap company with a market capitalization of $1.72B. It ranks number 40 by market capitalization among the 60 National Commercial Banks issuers in our coverage with a current forecast.
For HOPE, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 9.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 4.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Expected return relative to the market over the horizon: a positive alpha means the model expects the stock to beat the market, whatever the market does. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +1.8%, buy ≥ +0.2%, sell < -0.9%, strong sell < -1.2% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-10-16 signals)
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Cross-section · 2026-10-16
How HOPE ranks among 5184 stocks
90D Alpha forecasts of every company scored, cut into five relative ratings at the 15th, 35th, 65th and 85th percentiles (dashed lines).
Fundamentals · 2026-06-30
Hope Bancorp Inc (HOPE) fundamentals
Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the National Commercial Banks peers listed below that report each metric.
Valuation & Market
| Metric | HOPE | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $1.72B | 40/60 |
| P/E Ratio | 13.85x | 18/58 |
| P/B Ratio | 0.75x | 58/59 |
| Dividend Yield | 4.18% | 4/51 |
| EPS | $0.97 | – |
| Book Value/Share | $17.97 | – |
| Revenue/Share | $4.30 | – |
| FCF/Share | $1.47 | – |
Profitability & Margins
| Metric | HOPE | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| ROE | 5.7% | 53/55 |
| ROA | 0.7% | 47/49 |
| Net Margin | 23.9% | 45/54 |
| EBT Margin | 29.1% | 47/59 |
| Tax Rate | 18.1% | – |
Financial Health
| Metric | HOPE | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| D/E Ratio | 7.27x | 44/60 |
| Financial Leverage | 8.27x | 39/52 |
Cash Flow
| Metric | HOPE | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $203M | 33/60 |
| Free Cash Flow | $188M | 21/43 |
| Capital Spending | -$14M | 20/43 |
| OCF Growth YoY | 36.3% | 25/54 |
| FCF Growth YoY | 36.1% | 21/41 |
| FCF/Sales | 34.3% | 17/43 |
| CapEx/Sales | 2.6% | 20/43 |
Operational Efficiency
| Metric | HOPE | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Turnover | 0.03x | 32/49 |
| Fixed Assets Turnover | 7.8x | 12/52 |
Income Statement
| Metric | HOPE | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | $549M | 33/57 |
| Net Income | $131M | 36/55 |
Dividend & Shareholder Information
| Metric | HOPE | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Dividends Per Share | $0.56 | – |
| Payout Ratio | 57.7% | 4/50 |
| Shares Outstanding | 128M | – |
| Net Income Growth | 213.9% | 3/53 |
| EPS Growth | 148.7% | 5/55 |
Balance Sheet Highlights (USD millions)
| Cash & Short-term Investments | $640M | 3.4% of assets |
| Total Liabilities | $16.70B | 88.0% of assets |
Quarterly Financial Reports
HOPE quarterly financials and insider trading
Industry Peers · National Commercial Banks
Hope Bancorp Inc (HOPE) industry peers
Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Hope Bancorp Inc (National Commercial Banks): 60 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.
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Sign up free| Company | 90-Day AI Forecast (Alpha) | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|
| HOPE Hope Bancorp Inc | ▶ | $1.72B |
| JPM Jpmorgan Chase & Co | ▲ | $903.04B |
| BAC Bank Of America Corp /De/ | ▲ | $358.24B |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Company/Mn | ▶ | $253.62B |
| C Citigroup Inc | ▲ | $222.33B |
| UBS Ubs Group Ag | ▼ | $159.33B |
| MFG Mizuho Financial Group Inc | ▶ | $126.76B |
| COF Capital One Financial Corp | ▼ | $123.76B |
| USB Us Bancorp \De\ | ▶ | $91.50B |
| PNC Pnc Financial Services Group, Inc. | ▶ | $86.73B |
| TFC Truist Financial Corp | ▼ | $57.50B |
| HBAN Huntington Bancshares Inc /Md/ | ▲ | $30.85B |
| RF Regions Financial Corp | ▲ | $23.39B |
| KEY Keycorp /New/ | ▲ | $21.33B |
| FHN First Horizon Corp | ▶ | $10.84B |
| UMBF Umb Financial Corp | ▼ | $9.96B |
| ONB Old National Bancorp /In/ | ▶ | $9.78B |
| CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. | ▶ | $9.64B |
| ZION Zions Bancorporation, National Association /Ut/ | ▶ | $9.25B |
| BOKF Bok Financial Corp | ▶ | $7.59B |
| VLY Valley National Bancorp | ▲ | $7.00B |
| FNB Fnb Corp/Pa/ | ▶ | $6.08B |
| FULT Fulton Financial Corp | ▶ | $4.28B |
| WSFS Wsfs Financial Corp | ▶ | $3.90B |
| BANF Bancfirst Corp /Ok/ | ▶ | $3.66B |
| WSBC Wesbanco Inc | ▶ | $3.57B |
| NIC Nicolet Bankshares Inc | ▶ | $3.43B |
| FFBC First Financial Bancorp /Oh/ | ▼ | $3.30B |
| PRK Park National Corp /Oh/ | ▶ | $3.23B |
| SFNC Simmons First National Corp | ▶ | $3.19B |
| BANC Banc Of California, Inc. | ▲ | $2.71B |
| NBTB Nbt Bancorp Inc | ▶ | $2.64B |
| TRMK Trustmark Corp | ▶ | $2.61B |
| FRME First Merchants Corp | ▶ | $2.29B |
| NWBI Northwest Bancshares, Inc. | ▶ | $2.19B |
| WAFD Wafd Inc | ▲ | $2.16B |
| FCF First Commonwealth Financial Corp /Pa/ | ▶ | $2.06B |
| TBBK Bancorp, Inc. | ▶ | $2.02B |
| CHCO City Holding Co | ▶ | $1.99B |
| FSUN Firstsun Capital Bancorp | ▶ | $1.77B |
| DCOM Dime Commercial Bancshares, Inc. /Ny/ | ▲ | $1.71B |
| NBHC National Bank Holdings Corp | ▶ | $1.69B |
| BFC Bank First Corp | ▼ | $1.64B |
| OCFC Oceanfirst Financial Corp | ▶ | $1.53B |
| CASH Pathward Financial, Inc. | ▶ | $1.51B |
| WABC Westamerica Bancorporation | ▶ | $1.42B |
| BHRB Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. | ▼ | $1.41B |
| AMTB Amerant Bancorp Inc. | ▲ | $1.13B |
| FMCB Farmers & Merchants Bancorp | ▼ | $1.00B |
| CAC Camden National Corp | ▶ | $948M |
| HAFC Hanmi Financial Corp | ▶ | $923M |
| SMBK Smartfinancial Inc. | ▶ | $866M |
| ALRS Alerus Financial Corp | ▲ | $780M |
| FISI Financial Institutions Inc | ▶ | $775M |
| SHBI Shore Bancshares Inc | ▶ | $753M |
| BCAL California Bancorp \ Ca | ▶ | $700M |
| PFIS Peoples Financial Services Corp. | ▲ | $684M |
| CARE Carter Bankshares, Inc. | ▶ | $670M |
| CBNK Capital Bancorp Inc | ▲ | $645M |
| SFST Southern First Bancshares Inc | ▲ | $567M |
Where HOPE sits on the market map
Finance · National Commercial Banks
News
Hope Bancorp Inc (HOPE) stock news
Hope Bancorp Inc (HOPE)
Hope Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOPE) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript April 28, 2026Hope Bancorp, Inc. beats earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $0.23, expectations were $0.22. Hope Bancorp, Inc.
Hope Bancorp to Report Financial Results for the Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2026, on Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Hope Bancorp, Inc. (“the Company”) (NASDAQ: HOPE) today announced that the Company will report financial results for its third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2026, before the markets open ...
FAQ
Hope Bancorp Inc (HOPE) stock forecast FAQ
What is the Hope Bancorp Inc (HOPE) stock forecast?
On Oct. 16, 2026, HOPE is rated Neutral: its 90-day Alpha forecast sits in the middle 30% of the 5184 stocks scored that day.
How accurate are Hope Bancorp Inc stock predictions?
For HOPE, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 9.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-07-17 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 4.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-07-29 and 2026-09-16. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4495 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-07-07 produced a positive net return in 82.5% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
How often are Hope Bancorp Inc forecasts updated?
Hope Bancorp Inc forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Oct. 16, 2026.
Which companies are Hope Bancorp Inc's industry peers?
60 issuers in our coverage, HOPE included, share the SEC industry code National Commercial Banks. The largest are: Jpmorgan Chase & Co (JPM), Bank Of America Corp /De/ (BAC), Wells Fargo & Company/Mn (WFC), Citigroup Inc (C), Ubs Group Ag (UBS), Mizuho Financial Group Inc (MFG).
This analysis is generated automatically using our proprietary AI systems and should not be considered personalized investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always conduct your own research and consider consulting a financial advisor before making investment decisions.