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$9.96 +0.07 (+0.71%)
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HOPE vs. ABCB, BANR, CATY, FFBC, OCFC, PPBI, SFNC, STBA, UBSI, and WSFS

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), United Bankshares (UBSI), and WSFS Financial (WSFS). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Hope Bancorp vs. Its Competitors

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

Ameris Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Ameris Bancorp pays out 14.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hope Bancorp pays out 160.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

91.6% of Ameris Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Ameris 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ameris Bancorp has a net margin of 21.46% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 4.27%. 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
Ameris Bancorp21.46% 9.57% 1.32%
Hope Bancorp 4.27%4.45%0.55%

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
Ameris Bancorp$1.14B4.05$358.68M$5.6811.81
Hope Bancorp$1.00B1.27$99.63M$0.3528.46

In the previous week, Ameris Bancorp had 3 more articles in the media than Hope Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ameris Bancorp and 5 mentions for Hope Bancorp. Hope Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Ameris Bancorp's score of 1.29 indicating that Hope Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Ameris Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $72.14, suggesting a potential upside of 7.52%. Hope Bancorp has a consensus price target of $13.25, suggesting a potential upside of 33.03%. Given Hope Bancorp's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hope Bancorp is more favorable than Ameris Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameris Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
Hope Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Ameris Bancorp has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hope Bancorp has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ameris Bancorp beats Hope Bancorp on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$1.28B$1.85B$12.27B$9.72B
Dividend Yield5.62%3.53%5.64%4.12%
P/E Ratio28.4617.2319.3224.75
Price / Sales1.272.6327.0397.82
Price / Cash7.7011.0121.2958.47
Price / Book0.571.212.115.59
Net Income$99.63M$198.60M$1.00B$265.99M
7 Day Performance2.57%1.95%1.28%5.06%
1 Month Performance-14.36%-4.47%-0.39%0.61%
1 Year Performance-14.73%11.53%544.34%22.82%

Hope Bancorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOPE
Hope Bancorp
4.8539 of 5 stars
$9.96
+0.7%
$13.25
+33.0%
-14.7%$1.28B$1.00B28.461,244Positive News
ABCB
Ameris Bancorp
3.3967 of 5 stars
$66.48
+0.9%
$72.14
+8.5%
+19.4%$4.58B$1.14B12.762,850Positive News
BANR
Banner
3.0901 of 5 stars
$62.18
+1.8%
$70.17
+12.8%
+16.6%$2.11B$832.99M11.841,956Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
CATY
Cathay General Bancorp
3.8741 of 5 stars
$45.52
+1.5%
$49.71
+9.2%
+12.0%$3.14B$1.39B11.001,266
FFBC
First Financial Bancorp.
4.5358 of 5 stars
$23.89
+1.1%
$29.00
+21.4%
-2.1%$2.26B$1.62B9.562,090
OCFC
OceanFirst Financial
4.5047 of 5 stars
$16.32
-0.2%
$20.67
+26.6%
+4.8%$955.16M$385.13M11.57960
PPBI
Pacific Premier Bancorp
4.113 of 5 stars
$21.73
+2.6%
$27.50
+26.6%
-11.4%$2.05B$905.41M15.301,325Ex-Dividend
SFNC
Simmons First National
4.8875 of 5 stars
$19.04
+0.1%
$22.75
+19.5%
-2.6%$2.71B$1.46B14.992,946Positive News
STBA
S&T Bancorp
4.5021 of 5 stars
$36.35
+1.7%
$42.00
+15.5%
-7.9%$1.37B$564.96M10.661,206Positive News
Analyst Revision
UBSI
United Bankshares
4.2099 of 5 stars
$35.77
+2.1%
$40.50
+13.2%
+0.0%$4.98B$1.63B12.642,553Positive News
Analyst Revision
WSFS
WSFS Financial
4.4432 of 5 stars
$54.27
+0.9%
$66.00
+21.6%
+7.0%$3.01B$1.40B11.902,309

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This page (NASDAQ:HOPE) was last updated on 8/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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