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