Hope Bancorp

HOPE

Market cap $1.43B

Hope Bancorp, Inc. (HOPE) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

The headline numbers for Hope Bancorp (HOPE) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Hope Bancorp (HOPE) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.27 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.26 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.2 per share a year ago.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hope Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: HOPE), the holding company of Bank of Hope (the “Bank”), today reported unaudited financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. For the three months ended December 31, 2025, the Company recorded net income of $34.5 million, or $0.27 per diluted common share, up 12% from net income of $30.8 million, or $0.24 per diluted common share, for the three months ended September 30, 2025, and up 42.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hope Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: HOPE) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per common share. The dividend is payable on or about February 20, 2026, to all stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 6, 2026. About Hope Bancorp, Inc. Hope Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOPE) is the holding company for Bank of Hope, the only regional Korean American bank in the United States, with $18.53 billio.

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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hope Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOPE) (the “Company”), the holding company of Bank of Hope (the “Bank”), today announced that Scott Yoon-Suk Whang has elected not to stand for re-election and will be retiring from his position as a member of the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank in connection with the Company's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. “On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Director Whang for his many years of service and dedication,”.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hope Bancorp, Inc. (“the Company”) (NASDAQ: HOPE) today announced that the Company will report financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025, before the markets open on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. A conference call to discuss financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025, will be held on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time / 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. A presentation deck to accompany th.

Hope Bancorp (HOPE) saw its shares surge in the last session with trading volume being higher than average. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions may not translate into further price increase in the near term.

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