Compare Stocks: BANC, ABCB, CATY, and HOPE

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	$85.58 +0.2%	$88.79	$68.80 ▼ $93.22	$5.74B	0.92	510,197 shs	250,427 shs
BANC Banc of California	$18.62 -0.6%	$19.98	$15.33 ▼ $21.93	$2.95B	0.74	2.45 million shs	1.49 million shs
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$61.87 -0.4%	$62.60	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.13B	0.86	350,309 shs	425,842 shs
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$13.92 -0.1%	$13.80	$9.80 ▼ $14.59	$1.78B	0.83	973,360 shs	637,286 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	+0.16%	-0.65%	-2.66%	+1.42%	+15.84%
BANC Banc of California	-0.67%	-0.11%	+0.17%	-3.00%	+11.12%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	-0.40%	-0.69%	-2.17%	+7.30%	+22.71%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	-0.07%	-0.36%	-1.42%	+11.00%	+24.96%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	$85.58 +0.2%	$88.79	$68.80 ▼ $93.22	$5.74B	0.92	510,197 shs	250,427 shs
BANC Banc of California	$18.62 -0.6%	$19.98	$15.33 ▼ $21.93	$2.95B	0.74	2.45 million shs	1.49 million shs
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$61.87 -0.4%	$62.60	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.13B	0.86	350,309 shs	425,842 shs
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$13.92 -0.1%	$13.80	$9.80 ▼ $14.59	$1.78B	0.83	973,360 shs	637,286 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	+0.16%	-0.65%	-2.66%	+1.42%	+15.84%
BANC Banc of California	-0.67%	-0.11%	+0.17%	-3.00%	+11.12%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	-0.40%	-0.69%	-2.17%	+7.30%	+22.71%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	-0.07%	-0.36%	-1.42%	+11.00%	+24.96%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	2.43	Hold	$91.67	7.11% Upside
BANC Banc of California	3.00	Buy	$22.63	21.51% Upside
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	2.00	Hold	$62.25	0.61% Upside
HOPE Hope Bancorp	2.60	Moderate Buy	$15.50	11.35% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest BANC, ABCB, CATY, and HOPE Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/21/2026	BANC Banc of California	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C-)
8/12/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/11/2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B)
8/10/2026	BANC Banc of California	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$23.00
8/7/2026	BANC Banc of California	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/7/2026	BANC Banc of California	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
8/3/2026	BANC Banc of California	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$23.00 ➝ $22.00
8/3/2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Hold	$14.00 ➝ $15.00
7/31/2026	BANC Banc of California	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$23.50 ➝ $22.00
7/30/2026	BANC Banc of California	Brean Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral
7/28/2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$15.00 ➝ $16.00

(Data available from 8/29/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	$1.23B	4.67	$7.10 per share	12.05	$54.32 per share	1.58
BANC Banc of California	$1.82B	1.62	$1.96 per share	9.52	$18.38 per share	1.01
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.38B	2.98	$5.11 per share	12.11	$45.67 per share	1.35
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$967.63M	1.84	$1.43 per share	9.72	$17.96 per share	0.78

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	$358.68M	$5.53	16.43	14.83	N/A	21.46%	9.57%	1.32%	10/26/2026 (Estimated)
BANC Banc of California	$228.97M	-$0.42	N/A	8.66	N/A	-1.44%	7.98%	0.69%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$315.12M	$5.12	12.08	10.61	N/A	24.66%	11.71%	1.43%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$61.59M	$1.00	13.92	8.75	N/A	12.53%	5.71%	0.70%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)

Latest BANC, ABCB, CATY, and HOPE Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	BANC Banc of California	$0.3971	-$1.61	-$2.0071	-$1.61	$295.32 million	$16.41 million
7/27/2026	Q2 2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	$0.2550	$0.27	+$0.0150	$0.26	$146.50 million	$147.82 million
7/23/2026	N/A	ABCB Ameris Bancorp	$1.66	$1.60	-$0.06	N/A	$323.78 million	$317.78 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.35	$1.37	+$0.02	$1.37	$218.28 million	$221.20 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	$0.80	0.93%	+5.92%	14.47%	N/A
BANC Banc of California	$0.48	2.58%	+10.76%	N/A	N/A
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.52	2.46%	+1.87%	29.69%	N/A
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$0.56	4.02%	N/A	56.00%	N/A

Latest BANC, ABCB, CATY, and HOPE Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/5/2026	BANC Banc of California	quarterly	$0.12	2.56%	9/15/2026	9/15/2026	10/1/2026
8/14/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	quarterly	$0.38	2.46%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/8/2026
7/27/2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	quarterly	$0.14	4.01%	8/6/2026	8/6/2026	8/20/2026
6/18/2026	ABCB Ameris Bancorp	quarterly	$0.20	0.89%	6/30/2026	6/30/2026	7/6/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	0.11	1.02	1.00
BANC Banc of California	0.20	0.89	0.86
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	0.04	1.04	1.04
HOPE Hope Bancorp	0.25	0.98	0.97

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	91.60%
BANC Banc of California	86.88%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	75.01%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	84.00%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	5.70%
BANC Banc of California	2.78%
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	4.53%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	2.27%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ABCB Ameris Bancorp	2,850	67.11 million	65.27 million	Optionable
BANC Banc of California	1,904	158.43 million	154.02 million	Optionable
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	1,268	66.71 million	63.69 million	Optionable
HOPE Hope Bancorp	1,434	127.84 million	124.94 million	Optionable

BANC, ABCB, CATY, and HOPE Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Hope Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOPE) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

August 29 at 4:13 AM | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Makes New $2.06 Million Investment in Hope Bancorp, Inc. $HOPE

August 29 at 4:04 AM | marketbeat.com

BlackRock Inc. Acquires Shares of 18,472,441 Hope Bancorp, Inc. $HOPE

August 27 at 3:36 AM | marketbeat.com

Hope Bancorp extends CEO Kevin Kim’s employment agreement

August 25, 2026 | tipranks.com

Bank of America Corp DE Boosts Stock Position in Hope Bancorp, Inc. $HOPE

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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August 15, 2026 | forbes.com

Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) Hits New 1-Year High - What's Next?

August 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hope Bancorp, Inc. $HOPE Shares Sold by Edgestream Partners L.P.

August 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Q2 rundown: Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) vs. other regional banks stocks

August 6, 2026 | msn.com

First Trust Advisors LP Purchases 164,099 Shares of Hope Bancorp, Inc. $HOPE

August 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) Director Daisy Ha Sells 26,995 Shares

August 5, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) Director Sells 26,995 Shares

August 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hope Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOPE) Receives Consensus Rating of "Hold" from Brokerages

August 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

5 must-read analyst questions from Hope Bancorp’s Q2 earnings call

August 3, 2026 | msn.com

Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) Price Target Raised to $15.00 at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

August 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Hope Bancorp, Inc. 2026 Q2 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

July 31, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Has $82.30 Million Holdings in Hope Bancorp, Inc. $HOPE

July 31, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Did Hope Bancorp’s Return to Profitability and Capital Returns Just Shift HOPE’s Investment Narrative?

July 30, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Hope Bancorp (HOPE) Could Be 2% Below Fair Value After Its Earnings Beat

July 29, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Hope Bancorp's Great Quarter Doesn't Mean An Upgrade Is Justified

July 29, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Bank of Hope Launches K-pop Culture Inspired Campaign Encompassing Sponsorship to Increase Brand Visibility, Strengthen Customer Connections

July 29, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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BANC, ABCB, CATY, and HOPE Company Descriptions

Ameris Bancorp NASDAQ:ABCB

$85.58 +0.18 (+0.21%)

As of 08/28/2026 03:57 PM Eastern

Ameris Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Ameris Bank that provides range of banking services to retail and commercial customers. It operates through five segments: Banking Division, Retail Mortgage Division, Warehouse Lending Division, SBA Division, and Premium Finance Division. The company offers commercial and retail checking, regular interest-bearing savings, money market, individual retirement, and certificates of deposit accounts. It also provides commercial real estate, residential real estate mortgage, agricultural, and commercial and industrial loans; consumer loans, including motor vehicle, home improvement, and home equity loans, as well as loans secured by savings accounts and personal credit lines. In addition, the company originates, administers, and services commercial insurance premium loans, equipment finance loans, and small business administration loans. It operates full service domestic banking offices, and mortgage and loan production offices. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Banc of California NYSE:BANC

$18.62 -0.12 (-0.64%)

As of 08/28/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Banc of California, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Banc of California that provides various banking products and services in California. The company offers deposit products, such as checking, savings, money market, demand, and time deposits; certificates of deposit; retirement accounts; and safe deposit boxes. It also provides real estate loans to professional developers and real estate investors for the acquisition, construction, refinancing, renovation, and on-going operation of commercial real estate properties; commercial real estate mortgage, residential real estate mortgage, and real estate construction and land loans; commercial loans and leases, such as equipment finance, other asset-based, venture capital, secured business, warehouse, and other lending services; small business administration loans; and consumer loans comprising personal, auto, and other loans, as well as home equity and revolving lines of credit. In addition, the company offers international banking, multi-state deposit, and asset and investment management services, as well as cash and treasury management services; and online, mobile, remote deposit, and telephone banking services. It serves small and middle-market businesses, venture capital firms, non-profit organizations, business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals, and high-net worth individuals. Banc of California, Inc. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Cathay General Bancorp NASDAQ:CATY

$61.87 -0.25 (-0.40%)

As of 08/28/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Cathay General Bancorp operates as the holding company for Cathay Bank that offers various commercial banking products and services to individuals, professionals, and small to medium-sized businesses in the United States. The company offers various deposit products, including passbook accounts, checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, and public funds deposits. It also provides loan products, such as commercial mortgage loans, commercial loans, small business administration loans, residential mortgage loans, real estate construction loans, and home equity lines of credit, as well as installment loans to individuals for household, and other consumer expenditures. In addition, the company offers trade financing, letter of credit, wire transfer, forward currency spot and forward contract, safe deposit, collection, automatic teller machine, Internet banking, investment, and other customary bank services, as well as securities and insurance products. Cathay General Bancorp was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Hope Bancorp NASDAQ:HOPE

$13.92 -0.01 (-0.07%)

As of 08/28/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Hope Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Bank of Hope that provides retail and commercial banking services for businesses and individuals in the United States. It accepts personal and business checking, money market, savings, time deposit, and individual retirement accounts. The company also offers loans comprising commercial and industrial loans to businesses for various purposes, such as working capital, purchasing inventory, debt refinancing, business acquisitions, international trade finance, other business-related financing, and loans syndication services; commercial real estate loans; residential mortgage loans; small business administration loans; and consumer loans, such as single-family mortgage, home equity, automobile, credit card, and personal loans. In addition, it provides internet banking and bill-pay, remote deposit capture, lock box, and ACH origination services; treasury management services; foreign currency exchange transactions; interest rate contracts and wealth management services; automated teller machine services; and engages in investment activities. Hope Bancorp, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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