Banc of California vs Hope Bancorp
BANC and HOPE side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BANC and HOPE compare
Banc of California is the larger company, worth 1.7 times as much as Hope Bancorp ($2.8B against $1.7B).
Hope Bancorp grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (25.7% versus −14.2% for Banc of California).
Hope Bancorp keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 22.4% compared with −0.58% at Banc of California.
Both pay dividends: Banc of California yields 2.6% and Hope Bancorp 4.3%.
Hope Bancorp scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 7 for Banc of California), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BANC | HOPE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.8B | $1.7B |
| Share price | $17.83 | $13.02 |
| Change, 1 year | 3.0% | 25.0% |
| Change, 5 years | −16.5% | −14.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.95 | 0.74 |
| Employees | 1,904 | 1,434 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 12.5× |
| P/S | 1.8× (better) | 2.8× |
| P/B | 0.8× | 0.7× (better) |
| P/FCF | 8.0× | 5.8× (better) |
| FCF yield | 12.4% | 17.3% (better) |
| Fair value | – | $14.59 |
| Margin of safety | – | 10.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −14.2% | 25.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 243% (better) | −0.87% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −104% | 158% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −133% | 148% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −11.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | −0.58% | 22.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 22.5% | 48.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | −0.26% | 5.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.17 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.08 | 0.18 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 4.3% (better) |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 10.8% (better) | 0.00% |
| Buyback yield | −5.5% | – |
| Shareholder yield | −2.9% | 4.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 100% | 93.1% |
| Held by insiders | 16.1% | 4.5% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$645M | −$1.6M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.2% | 6.4% |
Go deeper
- BANC stock overview
- BANC income statement
- BANC valuation and score
- HOPE stock overview
- HOPE income statement
- HOPE valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.