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NASDAQ:HOPE

Hope Bancorp - HOPE Competitors

$10.21
-0.02 (-0.20%)
(As of 03/27/2023 04:00 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$10.20
$10.65
50-Day Range
$9.80
$13.78
52-Week Range
$9.68
$16.88
Volume
922,481 shs
Average Volume
949,720 shs
Market Capitalization
$1.22 billion
P/E Ratio
5.64
Dividend Yield
5.48%
Price Target
$15.00

HOPE vs. WABC, NBHC, FCF, CHCO, SASR, PACW, NBTB, TRMK, TBBK, and WSBC

Should you be buying Hope Bancorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hope Bancorp include Westamerica Bancorporation (WABC), National Bank (NBHC), First Commonwealth Financial (FCF), City (CHCO), Sandy Spring Bancorp (SASR), PacWest Bancorp (PACW), NBT Bancorp (NBTB), Trustmark (TRMK), Bancorp (TBBK), and WesBanco (WSBC). These companies are all part of the "regional banks" industry.

Hope Bancorp vs.

Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) and Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westamerica Bancorporation has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Westamerica Bancorporation pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Hope Bancorp pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westamerica Bancorporation pays out 37.1% 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. Hope Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Hope Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 46.63%. Westamerica Bancorporation has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.09%. Given Westamerica Bancorporation's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Westamerica Bancorporation is more favorable than Hope Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hope Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Westamerica Bancorporation
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Westamerica Bancorporation has a net margin of 45.73% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 28.44%. Westamerica Bancorporation's return on equity of 19.84% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hope Bancorp 28.44% 10.86% 1.18%
Westamerica Bancorporation 45.73% 19.84% 1.70%

84.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.7% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Hope Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Westamerica Bancorporation shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Hope Bancorp received 23 more outperform votes than Westamerica Bancorporation when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.72% of users gave Westamerica Bancorporation an outperform vote while only 53.48% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hope BancorpOutperform Votes
261
53.48%
Underperform Votes
227
46.52%
Westamerica BancorporationOutperform Votes
238
53.72%
Underperform Votes
205
46.28%

In the previous week, Hope Bancorp had 11 more articles in the media than Westamerica Bancorporation. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hope Bancorp and 3 mentions for Westamerica Bancorporation. Westamerica Bancorporation's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 0.41 indicating that Westamerica Bancorporation is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hope Bancorp$767.51 million1.59$218.28 million$1.815.65
Westamerica Bancorporation$266.88 million4.67$122.03 million$4.5310.22

Summary

Westamerica Bancorporation beats Hope Bancorp on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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 BancorpNational commercial banks IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.22B$13.79B$5.72B$5.87B
Dividend Yield5.47%3.99%367.00%4.51%
P/E Ratio5.656.90134.0411.72
Price / Sales1.592.285,905.3257.69
Price / Cash5.137.6731.41103.03
Price / Book0.611.063.474.93
Net Income$218.28M$1.94B$646.77M$189.85M
7 Day Performance-2.20%-0.89%4.09%4.26%
1 Month Performance-20.88%-15.10%-4.77%-3.28%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-17.00%37.36%-18.17%

Hope Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WABC
Westamerica Bancorporation
2.4538 of 5 stars
$46.87
-3.7%
$69.00
+47.2%
-25.5%$1.26B$266.88M10.35534Positive News
NBHC
National Bank
2.6803 of 5 stars
$33.37
-5.3%
$47.33
+41.8%
-20.0%$1.25B$352M15.101,322Short Interest ↑
FCF
First Commonwealth Financial
2.9064 of 5 stars
$12.71
-4.7%
$15.90
+25.1%
-18.1%$1.31B$428.66M9.351,477Short Interest ↓
CHCO
City
1.7282 of 5 stars
$90.82
-3.3%
$91.00
+0.2%
+16.7%$1.34B$261.77M13.36897
SASR
Sandy Spring Bancorp
2.9753 of 5 stars
$26.60
-4.2%
$37.67
+41.6%
-40.9%$1.19B$582.69M7.231,169
PACW
PacWest Bancorp
3.6187 of 5 stars
$10.12
-17.1%
$32.67
+222.8%
-79.0%$1.44B$1.29B2.992,438Short Interest ↑
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High Trading Volume
NBTB
NBT Bancorp
2.3646 of 5 stars
$34.14
-4.7%
$45.50
+33.3%
-6.8%$1.46B$539.65M9.701,861Positive News
TRMK
Trustmark
2.5098 of 5 stars
$24.91
-4.3%
$34.20
+37.3%
-18.5%$1.52B$588.35M21.472,738
TBBK
Bancorp
2.3623 of 5 stars
$28.57
-5.6%
$35.00
+22.5%
-6.2%$1.59B$354.52M12.53650
WSBC
WesBanco
2.5331 of 5 stars
$31.15
-3.6%
$34.67
+11.3%
-11.2%$1.85B$585.80M10.252,426Analyst Downgrade
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This page (NASDAQ:HOPE) was last updated on 3/27/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff