Hope Bancorp (HOPE) Competitors

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

Does the media favor HOPE or UMBF?

In the previous week, UMB Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Hope Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for UMB Financial and 0 mentions for Hope Bancorp. UMB Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that UMB Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hope Bancorp	Neutral
UMB Financial	Positive

Do analysts recommend HOPE or UMBF?

Hope Bancorp presently has a consensus target price of $12.88, suggesting a potential upside of 18.12%. UMB Financial has a consensus target price of $130.14, suggesting a potential upside of 21.73%. Given UMB Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UMB Financial is more favorable than Hope Bancorp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hope Bancorp	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
UMB Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is HOPE or UMBF more profitable?

UMB Financial has a net margin of 15.76% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 9.95%. UMB Financial's return on equity of 13.73% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hope Bancorp	9.95%	4.84%	0.59%
UMB Financial	15.76%	13.73%	0.98%

Which has more risk and volatility, HOPE or UMBF?

Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UMB Financial has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HOPE or UMBF?

84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of UMB Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of UMB Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HOPE or UMBF?

UMB Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Hope Bancorp. UMB Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hope 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
Hope Bancorp	$1.00B	1.31	$99.63M	$0.82	13.29
UMB Financial	$2.80B	1.86	$441.24M	$8.99	11.89

Is HOPE or UMBF a better dividend stock?

Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. UMB Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Hope Bancorp pays out 68.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UMB Financial pays out 17.8% 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. UMB Financial has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HOPE or UMBF?

UMB Financial received 9 more outperform votes than Hope Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.58% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote while only 46.50% of users gave UMB Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hope Bancorp	Outperform Votes 263 50.58%	Underperform Votes 257 49.42%
UMB Financial	Outperform Votes 272 46.50%	Underperform Votes 313 53.50%

Summary

UMB Financial beats Hope Bancorp on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.