# Hope Bancorp Inc. (HOPE) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Financial Services / Banks. Price $14.13, market value $1.8 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 14.0×** (5-yr avg 11.7×, 3-yr avg 15.1×). Hope Bancorp Inc. trades at 14.0× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 11.7×. The Financial Services median in the September 2026 study was 13.1×. Forward P/E is 9.0×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / book: 0.8×**. The shares trade below book value, which can signal a bargain or a balance sheet the market doubts.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 10.4%** (5-yr avg 22.7%). Free cash flow equals 10.4% of the market value, below its five-year average of 22.7%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 7.1%**. The inverse of the P/E: 7.1% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Return on equity: 2.7%**. 2.7% on shareholders' equity is weak; the business earns little on the capital its owners have in it.

## Growth
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -40.2%** (3-yr -35.3%/yr, 5-yr -11.4%/yr). Earnings per share fell 40.2%.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -31.8%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -31.8% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 3.96%** ($0.56 per share, trailing). Hope Bancorp Inc. yields 3.96%, an income-level yield.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 14**. 14 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 0.0%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has not grown over five years.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 30.1%** (YTD 31.8%, 3-mo 12.1%). The shares are up 30.1% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -3.2%** (44.2% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 56**. An RSI of 56 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.79** (volatility 26%). Beta of 0.79 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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