Compare Stocks: LOB, CATY, FFBC, 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
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$62.33 -0.6%	$62.68	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.16B	0.85	458,706 shs	122,023 shs
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$32.84 -0.4%	$33.85	$23.06 ▼ $36.24	$3.45B	0.91	935,799 shs	189,692 shs
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$14.07 -0.5%	$13.87	$9.80 ▼ $14.59	$1.80B	0.83	972,329 shs	220,971 shs
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	$39.54 -0.2%	$41.58	$29.36 ▼ $44.53	$1.83B	1.86	273,669 shs	62,126 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	0.00%	+2.42%	-1.14%	+6.11%	+26.29%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	0.00%	+1.07%	-2.02%	+5.10%	+25.02%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	0.00%	+2.47%	+1.00%	+10.56%	+27.07%
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	0.00%	+0.81%	-6.79%	+2.56%	+3.23%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$62.33 -0.6%	$62.68	$44.57 ▼ $65.25	$4.16B	0.85	458,706 shs	122,023 shs
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$32.84 -0.4%	$33.85	$23.06 ▼ $36.24	$3.45B	0.91	935,799 shs	189,692 shs
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$14.07 -0.5%	$13.87	$9.80 ▼ $14.59	$1.80B	0.83	972,329 shs	220,971 shs
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	$39.54 -0.2%	$41.58	$29.36 ▼ $44.53	$1.83B	1.86	273,669 shs	62,126 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	0.00%	+2.42%	-1.14%	+6.11%	+26.29%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	0.00%	+1.07%	-2.02%	+5.10%	+25.02%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	0.00%	+2.47%	+1.00%	+10.56%	+27.07%
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	0.00%	+0.81%	-6.79%	+2.56%	+3.23%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	2.00	Hold	$62.25	-0.13% Downside
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	2.50	Moderate Buy	$33.67	2.51% Upside
HOPE Hope Bancorp	2.60	Moderate Buy	$15.50	10.20% Upside
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	2.50	Moderate Buy	$46.40	17.35% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LOB, CATY, FFBC, and HOPE Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/4/2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
8/31/2026	LOB Live Oak Bancshares	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/19/2026	LOB Live Oak Bancshares	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$44.00 ➝ $45.00
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)
8/5/2026	LOB Live Oak Bancshares	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
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
7/28/2026	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
7/27/2026	LOB Live Oak Bancshares	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$47.00 ➝ $49.00
7/27/2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$49.50 ➝ $53.00
7/24/2026	LOB Live Oak Bancshares	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$45.00 ➝ $47.00

(Data available from 9/8/2023 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
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$870.57M	4.78	$5.08 per share	12.27	$43.00 per share	1.45
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$1.26B	2.74	$3.13 per share	10.48	$28.11 per share	1.17
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$967.63M	1.86	$1.43 per share	9.87	$17.81 per share	0.79
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	$1.04B	1.76	$2.95 per share	13.39	$25.25 per share	1.57

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
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$315.12M	$5.12	12.17	10.69	N/A	24.66%	11.71%	1.43%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$255.60M	$2.83	11.61	9.52	N/A	20.77%	11.13%	1.49%	10/22/2026 (Estimated)
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$61.59M	$1.00	14.07	8.85	N/A	12.53%	5.71%	0.70%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	$105.87M	$2.84	13.92	9.44	N/A	12.68%	11.77%	0.90%	N/A

Latest LOB, CATY, FFBC, and HOPE Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/27/2026	Q2 2026	HOPE Hope Bancorp	$0.2550	$0.27	+$0.0150	$0.26	$146.50 million	$147.82 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.35	$1.37	+$0.02	$1.37	$218.28 million	$221.20 million
7/22/2026	Q2 2026	LOB Live Oak Bancshares	$0.64	$0.74	+$0.10	$0.74	N/A	$156.15 million
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$0.78	$0.80	+$0.02	$0.73	$270.29 million	$264.17 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	$1.52	2.44%	+1.87%	29.69%	N/A
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	$1.04	3.17%	+1.27%	36.75%	1 Years
HOPE Hope Bancorp	$0.56	3.98%	N/A	56.00%	N/A
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	$0.12	0.30%	N/A	4.23%	N/A

Latest LOB, CATY, FFBC, and HOPE Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/17/2026	FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	quarterly	$0.26	3.25%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026
8/18/2026	LOB Live Oak Bancshares	quarterly	$0.03	0.31%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026
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

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	0.04	1.04	1.04
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	0.32	0.85	0.85
HOPE Hope Bancorp	0.25	0.98	0.97
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	N/A	0.95	0.91

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	75.01%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	77.23%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	84.00%
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	63.95%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	4.53%
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	1.08%
HOPE Hope Bancorp	2.27%
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	22.40%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CATY Cathay General Bancorp	1,268	66.71 million	63.69 million	Optionable
FFBC First Financial Bancorp.	2,199	104.97 million	103.84 million	Optionable
HOPE Hope Bancorp	1,434	127.84 million	124.94 million	Optionable
LOB Live Oak Bancshares	1,077	46.26 million	35.90 million	N/A

LOB, CATY, FFBC, and HOPE Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

36,337 Shares in Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. $LOB Purchased by Legal & General Group Plc

September 7 at 4:40 AM | marketbeat.com

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE:LOB) Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

September 6 at 6:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Takes Position in Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. $LOB

September 6 at 3:28 AM | marketbeat.com

William Williams III Sells 1,810 Shares of Live Oak Bancshares (NYSE:LOB) Stock

September 4, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Live Oak Bancshares (NYSE:LOB) Director William Williams III Sells 1,810 Shares

September 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Live Oak Bancshares (NYSE:LOB) Stock Rating Lowered by Zacks Research

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

89,193 Shares in Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. $LOB Acquired by Empowered Funds LLC

September 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

2 reasons LOB is risky and 1 stock to buy instead

September 1, 2026 | msn.com

Man Group plc Invests $2.94 Million in Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. $LOB

September 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company Takes $11.56 Million Position in Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. $LOB

August 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

BlackRock Inc. Takes $143.59 Million Position in Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. $LOB

August 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Live Oak Bancshares CEO Adopts New 10b5-1 Trading Plan

August 28, 2026 | tipranks.com

PDT Partners LLC Purchases Shares of 31,021 Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. $LOB

August 27, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Acquires Shares of 95,469 Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. $LOB

August 26, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Algert Global LLC Buys 223,487 Shares of Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. $LOB

August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Live Oak Bancshares (LOB) May Find a Bottom Soon, Here's Why You Should Buy the Stock Now

August 24, 2026 | zacks.com

Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC Buys New Shares in Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. $LOB

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

William Blair Investment Management LLC Invests $23.25 Million in Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. $LOB

August 23, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Live Oak Bancshares (NYSE:LOB) Shares Gap Down - Here's Why

August 20, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Live Oak Bancshares (NYSE:LOB) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Cantor Fitzgerald Analyst Says

August 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE:LOB) Plans Quarterly Dividend of $0.03

August 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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LOB, CATY, FFBC, and HOPE Company Descriptions

Cathay General Bancorp NASDAQ:CATY

$62.33 -0.36 (-0.57%)

As of 01:50 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.

First Financial Bancorp. NASDAQ:FFBC

$32.84 -0.14 (-0.42%)

As of 01:50 PM Eastern

First Financial Bancorp. operates as the bank holding company for First Financial Bank that provides commercial banking and related services to individuals and businesses in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. The company offers checking, savings, and money-market accounts; and accepts various deposit products, such as interest-bearing and non-interest-bearing accounts, time deposits, and cash management services for commercial customers. It also provides real estate loans secured by residential property, such as one to four family residential housing units or commercial property comprising owner-occupied and/or investor income producing real estate consisting of apartments, shopping centers, and office buildings; commercial and industrial loans for various purposes, including inventory, receivables, and equipment, as well as equipment and leasehold improvement financing for franchisees; consumer loans comprising new and used vehicle loans, second mortgages on residential real estate, and unsecured loans; and home equity lines of credit. In addition, the company offers commercial financing to the insurance industry, registered investment advisors, certified public accountants, indirect auto finance companies, and restaurant franchisees. Further, it provides a range of trust and wealth management services; lease and equipment financing services; and currency payments, foreign exchange hedging, and other advisory products. First Financial Bancorp. was founded in 1863 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hope Bancorp NASDAQ:HOPE

$14.06 -0.07 (-0.46%)

As of 01:50 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.

Live Oak Bancshares NYSE:LOB

$39.54 -0.07 (-0.18%)

As of 01:49 PM Eastern

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Live Oak Banking Company that provides various commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, and professionals in North Carolina, the United States. The company accepts various deposit products, including noninterest-bearing demand, as well as interest-bearing checking, money market, savings, and time deposits. It also offers commercial and industrial loans; construction and development loans; owner occupied and non-owner occupied collateral commercial real estate loans; and commercial land loans. In addition, the company provides settlement, accounting, and securitization services for government guaranteed loans; wealth and investment management services to high-net-worth individuals and families; investment advisory services to a series of funds focused on providing venture capital to new and emerging financial technology companies; and an on-site restaurant location to company employees and business visitors. Live Oak Bancshares, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Latest LOB, CATY, FFBC, and HOPE Dividends

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