---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001128361-25-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOPE"
cik: "0001128361"
company_name: "HOPE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T08:59:58.969090+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hope Bancorp Q4 net income $24.3M ($0.20 EPS); declares $0.14 dividend; Territorial merger on track Q1 2025

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.20 for Q4 ($24.3M net income), matching Q3; full-year GAAP EPS $0.82 ($99.6M).
- Adjusted full-year EPS $0.85 excluding merger, restructuring, and FDIC special assessment costs.
- Pre-provision net revenue up 14% QoQ to $40.4M; criticized loans down 11%, NPAs down 13%.
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.14/share declared, payable Feb 20, 2025 to record holders Feb 6.
- Pending merger with Territorial Bancorp (TBNK) expected to close in Q1 2025, subject to regulatory approvals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001128361-25-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOPE
- cik: 0001128361
- company_name: HOPE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836125000004/0001128361-25-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836125000004/hope-20250127.htm

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