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Hope Bancorp (HOPE) Competitors

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$11.56 +0.07 (+0.57%)
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HOPE vs. ABCB, BANR, CATY, FFBC, OCFC, PPBI, SFNC, STBA, WSFS, and FCF

Should you be buying Hope Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hope Bancorp include Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Banner (BANR), Cathay General Bancorp (CATY), First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC), OceanFirst Financial (OCFC), Pacific Premier Bancorp (PPBI), Simmons First National (SFNC), S&T Bancorp (STBA), WSFS Financial (WSFS), and First Commonwealth Financial (FCF). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Hope Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) and Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ:ABCB) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 1 more articles in the media than Hope Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 6 mentions for Hope Bancorp. Ameris Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 0.50 indicating that Ameris Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Hope Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.53%. Ameris Bancorp has a consensus price target of $71.43, indicating a potential upside of 5.28%. Given Hope Bancorp's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hope Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hope Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hope Bancorp pays out 71.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.8% 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hope Bancorp$467.09M3.18$99.63M$0.7814.85
Ameris Bancorp$1.12B4.16$358.68M$5.4012.56

Hope Bancorp has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Ameris Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 9.82%. Ameris Bancorp's return on equity of 9.57% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hope Bancorp9.82% 4.60% 0.57%
Ameris Bancorp 21.46%9.57%1.32%

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Hope Bancorp on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HOPE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HOPE vs. The Competition

MetricHope BancorpBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.48B$1.92B$11.95B$9.09B
Dividend Yield4.82%3.32%5.54%4.01%
P/E Ratio14.8311.9919.2320.40
Price / Sales3.182.7525.9980.80
Price / Cash8.9011.6218.5127.46
Price / Book0.661.312.305.56
Net Income$99.63M$198.60M$989.78M$251.39M
7 Day Performance1.89%0.72%0.64%3.08%
1 Month Performance14.36%9.73%4.16%11.85%
1 Year Performance1.36%19.52%539.69%17.31%

Hope Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.7671 of 5 stars
$11.57
+0.6%
$13.50
+16.7%
+0.6%$1.48B$467.09M14.831,244Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3846 of 5 stars
$67.04
-1.0%
$71.43
+6.5%
+23.4%$4.62B$1.12B12.872,850News Coverage
Positive News
BANR
Banner
2.8187 of 5 stars
$67.96
-1.0%
$70.83
+4.2%
+29.9%$2.37B$832.99M13.351,956News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
4.0839 of 5 stars
$47.31
-1.4%
$50.17
+6.0%
+22.1%$3.36B$1.39B11.951,266
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.6021 of 5 stars
$25.49
-1.4%
$28.75
+12.8%
+8.3%$2.48B$1.62B10.582,090Analyst Downgrade
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.3913 of 5 stars
$18.49
-1.5%
$20.67
+11.8%
+10.0%$1.10B$379.09M12.09960Upcoming Earnings
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
3.8617 of 5 stars
$22.76
-1.5%
$27.25
+19.7%
-9.1%$2.24B$905.41M14.971,325News Coverage
Positive News
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.48 of 5 stars
$19.98
-1.8%
$22.33
+11.8%
+6.0%$2.56B$1.46B17.222,946Upcoming Earnings
STBA
S&T Bancorp
2.8023 of 5 stars
$39.46
-1.0%
$41.67
+5.6%
+10.6%$1.53B$564.96M11.371,206Analyst Downgrade
WSFS
WSFS Financial
3.4516 of 5 stars
$58.17
-1.5%
$62.75
+7.9%
+17.8%$3.35B$1.40B13.072,309Positive News
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
3.8042 of 5 stars
$16.95
-1.8%
$18.92
+11.6%
+12.8%$1.81B$699.69M12.651,545News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:HOPE) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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