Hope Bancorp (HOPE) Competitors

Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) and Columbia Banking System (NASDAQ:COLB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HOPE or COLB?

Columbia Banking System received 5 more outperform votes than Hope Bancorp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.58% of users gave Hope Bancorp an outperform vote while only 42.52% of users gave Columbia Banking System an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hope Bancorp	Outperform Votes 262 50.58%	Underperform Votes 256 49.42%
Columbia Banking System	Outperform Votes 267 42.52%	Underperform Votes 361 57.48%

Is HOPE or COLB a better dividend stock?

Hope Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Columbia Banking System pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Hope Bancorp pays out 66.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbia Banking System pays out 62.3% 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. Columbia Banking System is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend HOPE or COLB?

Hope Bancorp currently has a consensus target price of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.05%. Columbia Banking System has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.66%. Given Columbia Banking System's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Columbia Banking System is more favorable than Hope 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
Columbia Banking System	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.23

Is HOPE or COLB more profitable?

Columbia Banking System has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Hope Bancorp's net margin of 9.81%. Columbia Banking System's return on equity of 10.13% beat Hope Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hope Bancorp	9.81%	5.52%	0.65%
Columbia Banking System	16.15%	10.13%	0.98%

Does the media refer more to HOPE or COLB?

In the previous week, Columbia Banking System had 4 more articles in the media than Hope Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Columbia Banking System and 5 mentions for Hope Bancorp. Columbia Banking System's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Hope Bancorp's score of 0.70 indicating that Columbia Banking System 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Columbia Banking System	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, HOPE or COLB?

Hope Bancorp has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbia Banking System has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HOPE or COLB?

Columbia Banking System has higher revenue and earnings than Hope Bancorp. Columbia Banking System 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	$492.11M	3.03	$133.67M	$0.84	14.73
Columbia Banking System	$1.96B	2.90	$348.71M	$2.31	11.77

Do institutionals and insiders believe in HOPE or COLB?

84.0% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.5% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by institutional investors. 5.3% of Hope Bancorp shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Columbia Banking System shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Columbia Banking System beats Hope Bancorp on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.