secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HOPE BANCORP INC (HOPE)
CIK:        0001128361
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001128361-22-000004
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01, 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836122000004/0001128361-22-000004-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836122000004/hope-20220124.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-22-000004

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