---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001128361-26-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HOPE"
cik: "0001128361"
company_name: "HOPE BANCORP INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T02:43:18.658527+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hope Bancorp Q1 net income $29.5M, up 40% YoY; EPS $0.23; dividend $0.14

## Summary
- Net income $29.5M ($0.23 diluted EPS) vs $21.1M ($0.17) year ago; pre-provision net revenue $46.6M (+43% YoY).
- Net interest margin stable at 2.90%; cost of interest-bearing deposits down 77 bps YoY to 3.37%.
- Total assets $18.66B, loans $14.74B; deposits $15.73B, up 1% linked quarter and 9% YoY.
- Book value per share $17.86; tangible common equity per share $13.73; repurchased 604K shares at avg $11.10.
- Board declared quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per share, payable May 22 to holders of record May 8.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001128361-26-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HOPE
- cik: 0001128361
- company_name: HOPE BANCORP INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836126000024/0001128361-26-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836126000024/hope-20260428.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-26-000024
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001128361-26-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HOPE BANCORP INC reported financial results for first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 28, 2026, Hope Bancorp, Inc. (“HOPE” or the “Company”) issued a news release concerning its results of operations and financial condition for the first quarter ended and as of March 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1128361/000112836126000024/0001128361-26-000024-index.htm

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