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HOPE BANCORP INC

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HOPE BANCORP INC

HOPE·NASDAQ·Finance·CIK 0001128361

General Hope Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, incorporated in Delaware in 2000. The company offers commercial and retail banking loan and deposit products through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Hope, a California state-chartered bank. Originally focused on the Korean-American community, the company has expanded to serve a multi-ethnic customer base across the United States. Bank of Hope is one of the largest independent commercial banks headquartered in California. Its network includes branches and loan production offices in California, New York, Texas, Hawaii, Washington, Illinois, New Jersey, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Colorado, and Oregon. The company also maintains a representative office in Seoul, South Korea. The Bank's deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) up to applicable limits. Hope Bancorp also has unconsolidated subsidiaries that operate as business trusts, used in connection with the issuance of trust-preferred securities.

HOPE BANCORP INC (NASDAQ:HOPE) is a publicly traded company in the Finance sector. Wiseek has independently scored 14 items for HOPE at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-09-02, rated 7/10. Across its 14 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 8 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for HOPE spans 8-K, 10-Q, DEF 14A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Bank of Hope Secures Final Approval for SMBC MANUBANK Deal and Unveils Partnership
  • Bank of Hope Clears Regulatory Hurdle to Acquire SMBC MANUBANK Unit
  • Hope Bancorp Q2 Earnings: Net Income Climbs 12% QoQ to $33M, NIM Reaches 2.96%
  • Hope Bancorp Q2 Profit Jumps 12% to $33M, NIM Expands to 2.96%
  • Hope Bancorp Reports Strong Q1 2026 Earnings with Significant YoY Growth and Improved Asset Quality

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$498.7M
Net Income
$61.59M
Diluted EPS
$0.49
Op. Cash Flow
$164.55M
Free Cash Flow
$151.46M
Cash & Equivalents
$560.06M
Total Debt
$285M
Debt / Equity
0.12×
Net Margin
12.3%
Shares Outstanding
128.2M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-25 · accession 0001128361-26-000011

Short Interest & Short Volume

9.98 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 6,850,300 shares in HOPE as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 6.8% increase from the prior period — about 10.0 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 84.6% of HOPE volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)6,850,300 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 6.8%
Days to cover9.98 at avg daily volume of 686,140
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)84.6% of 368,300 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume69.9%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$13.68
52-week range · as of 2026-09-02 $9.8 – $14.59
Market cap
$1.75B
Volume
1.3M (1.5× avg)
3-mo avg 881.7K
Live data · 2026-10-03 16:49 UTC · Market closed

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HOPE
Sep 02, 2026, 4:32 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $13.96
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: -$0.280 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Sep 02, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $13.96
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: -$0.280 (-2%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Jul 27, 2026, 8:05 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $13.45
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$0.230 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Jul 27, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Source: BusinessWire
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $13.45
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$0.230 (+2%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
May 06, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $12.63
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$1.05 (+8%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Apr 28, 2026, 7:55 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $12.39
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$1.29 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Apr 28, 2026, 7:30 AM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $12.50
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$1.18 (+9%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Apr 10, 2026, 4:05 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $12.21
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$1.47 (+12%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Apr 01, 2026, 4:06 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $11.71
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$1.97 (+17%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Mar 31, 2026, 4:33 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $11.17
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$2.51 (+22%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Mar 31, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $11.17
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$2.51 (+22%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Mar 20, 2026, 4:16 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $10.84
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$2.84 (+26%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Feb 25, 2026, 5:12 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $11.82
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$1.86 (+16%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
HOPE
Jan 27, 2026, 7:35 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $11.78
Real-time Price: $13.68 info
Change: +$1.90 (+16%) info
Market Cap: $1.748B info
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