Hope Bancorp (HOPE) Competitors

Glacier Bancorp (NASDAQ:GBCI) and Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is GBCI or HOPE a better dividend stock?

Glacier Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Glacier Bancorp pays out 71.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hope Bancorp pays out 71.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has more risk and volatility, GBCI or HOPE?

Glacier Bancorp has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hope Bancorp has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GBCI or HOPE more profitable?

Glacier Bancorp has a net margin of 14.99% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 9.95%. Glacier Bancorp's return on equity of 5.98% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Glacier Bancorp	14.99%	5.98%	0.68%
Hope Bancorp	9.95%	4.84%	0.59%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GBCI or HOPE?

Glacier Bancorp received 1 more outperform votes than Hope Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.38% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote while only 49.25% of users gave Glacier Bancorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Glacier Bancorp	Outperform Votes 264 49.25%	Underperform Votes 272 50.75%
Hope Bancorp	Outperform Votes 263 50.38%	Underperform Votes 259 49.62%

Do analysts recommend GBCI or HOPE?

Glacier Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $50.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.50%. Hope Bancorp has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.66%. Given Hope Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hope Bancorp is more favorable than Glacier Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Glacier Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Hope Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer GBCI or HOPE?

In the previous week, Glacier Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Hope Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Glacier Bancorp and 3 mentions for Hope Bancorp. Glacier Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 0.86 indicating that Glacier Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Glacier Bancorp	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Hope Bancorp	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GBCI or HOPE?

Glacier Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Hope Bancorp. Hope Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Glacier Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Glacier Bancorp	$836.32M	5.55	$190.14M	$1.86	21.98
Hope Bancorp	$467.09M	2.77	$99.63M	$0.78	12.95

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GBCI or HOPE?

80.2% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Glacier Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Glacier Bancorp beats Hope Bancorp on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.