---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001128361-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOPE"
cik: "0001128361"
company_name: "HOPE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T16:10:08.286237+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hope Bancorp Q4 net income $51.6M ($0.43 EPS); record loan originations $1.24B; $50M buyback

## Summary
- Q4 net income $51.6M ($0.43 diluted EPS) vs $28.3M ($0.23) a year ago; full-year 2021 net income $204.6M ($1.66) vs $111.5M ($0.90).
- Record Q4 loan originations $1.24B, up 23% QoQ; loans receivable up 4% QoQ or 4.9% ex-PPP.
- Net interest income $133.3M, up 2% QoQ; pre-provision net revenue increased 18% YoY.
- Board declares $0.14 per share quarterly cash dividend payable Feb 17, 2022 to record holders Feb 3.
- Board authorizes new $50M stock repurchase program with no expiration date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001128361-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOPE
- cik: 0001128361
- company_name: HOPE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836122000004/0001128361-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836122000004/hope-20220124.htm

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