Benzinga | Oct 22, 2021 10:22AM EDT

Hope Bancorp Earnings Preview

Hope Bancorp (NASDAQ:HOPE) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Monday, 2021-10-25. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Hope Bancorp will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.42

Hope Bancorp bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Historical Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat on EPS by 13.16%, which was followed by a 3.72% increase in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Hope Bancorp's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020 Q3 2020EPS Estimate 0.38 0.31 0.25 0.19EPS Actual 0.43 0.35 0.24 0.25Price Change % 3.72% -2.82% -5.94% 0.87%

Stock Performance

Shares of Hope Bancorp were trading at $14.69 as of October 21. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 73.3%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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