HOPE

HOPE · Hope Bancorp Inc. Common Stock

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October 13, 2026

HOPE Receives Analyst Upgrade to Buy. Analysts upgraded Hope Bancorp to a buy rating, citing an improved earnings outlook and a stronger balance sheet. The move comes as the stock trades near its 9‑touch support level of $13.95. The upgrade reflects confidence in the bank’s dividend and earnings stability. Investors note the rating aligns with the average target of $15.50.

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Insiders & Stakes

Kevin Sung Kim
Chairman & CEO
1,026,051
Shares held
Daisy Y. Ha
Director
346,120
Shares held
Peter Koh
SEVP & COO
146,099
Shares held
KIM KYU S.
SEVP, Eastern Regional Pres.
94,107
Shares held
Jason K. Kim
SEVP, Western Regional Pres.
86,853
Shares held
Koh Steven
Director
86,508
Shares held
Dale S. Zuehls
Director
67,716
Shares held
David P. Malone
Director
66,658
Shares held
Pai Lisa K
Director
54,821
Shares held
Ko Alex
SEVP, Chief Financial Officer
51,100
Shares held
Campbell Craig Lewis
EVP, Chief Corp Banking Ofr.
51,070
Shares held
Whang Scott Yoon-suk
Director
49,416
Shares held
John Bunting
EVP, Chief Corp. Inst. Bnk Ofr
48,290
Shares held
Julianna Balicka
EVP, CFO
47,850
Shares held
Donald Byun
Director
44,021
Shares held
Joon Kyung Kim
Director
41,992
Shares held
LEWIS WILLIAM J
Director
40,140
Shares held
Brian William Hawley
EVP, Chief Retail Banking Ofcr
31,301
Shares held
Angelee Harris
EVP, General Counsel
30,752
Shares held
Jinho Doo
Director
27,658
Shares held
Thomas Stenger
SEVP, Chief Risk Officer
24,478
Shares held
Elworth Williams
SEVP, Chief Comm Banking Ofcr
20,605
Shares held
Rachel H. Lee
Director
14,831
Shares held
Thigpen Mary E
Director
13,460
Shares held
Takaaki Nakajima4,337
Shares held
Guido Francesco Sacchi
Senior EVP and CIO
4,337
Shares held

Transaction History

Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$23K
Daisy Y. Ha▼ Sell$385K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$19K
Donald Byun▲ Buy$63K
Rachel H. Lee▲ Buy$54K
Jinho Doo▲ Buy$63K
Takaaki Nakajima▲ Buy$54K
Joon Kyung Kim▲ Buy$72K
Dale S. Zuehls▲ Buy$92K
Daisy Y. Ha▲ Buy$54K
Guido Francesco Sacchi▲ Buy$54K
Daisy Y. Ha▼ Sell$150K
Julianna Balicka▼ Sell$23K
Elworth Williams▼ Sell$34K
John Bunting▼ Sell$63K
Jason K. Kim▲ Buy$112K
Thomas Stenger▲ Buy$130K
Angelee Harris▲ Buy$104K
Brian William Hawley▲ Buy$117K
Julianna Balicka▲ Buy$122K
Peter Koh▲ Buy$154K
Kevin Sung Kim▲ Buy$866K
Julianna Balicka▼ Sell$15K
Jason K. Kim▼ Sell$14K
Kevin Sung Kim▼ Sell$148K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$22K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$13K
Brian William Hawley▼ Sell$14K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$19K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$15K
Julianna Balicka▼ Sell$12K
Jason K. Kim▼ Sell$21K
Kevin Sung Kim▼ Sell$238K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$29K
Brian William Hawley▼ Sell$12K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$27K
Daisy Y. Ha▼ Sell$387K
Daisy Y. Ha▼ Sell$321K
Jason K. Kim▼ Sell$11K
Jason K. Kim▼ Sell$12K
David P. Malone▼ Sell$239K
Jason K. Kim▼ Sell$12K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$21K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$21K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$6K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$17K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$39K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$20K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$16K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$15K
Julianna Balicka▼ Sell$13K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$9K
Kevin Sung Kim▼ Sell$125K
Dale S. Zuehls▲ Buy$92K
Whang Scott Yoon-suk▲ Buy$63K
Pai Lisa K▲ Buy$54K
David P. Malone▲ Buy$63K
Rachel H. Lee▲ Buy$54K
Koh Steven▲ Buy$83K
Daisy Y. Ha▲ Buy$54K
Joon Kyung Kim▲ Buy$72K
Jinho Doo▲ Buy$54K
Donald Byun▲ Buy$63K
Julianna Balicka▼ Sell$18K
John Bunting▲ Buy$150K
John Bunting▲ Buy$353K
Elworth Williams▲ Buy$220K
KIM KYU S.▼ Sell$30K
KIM KYU S.▲ Buy$117K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$24K
Angelee Harris▲ Buy$100K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$38K
Thomas Stenger▲ Buy$125K
Kevin Sung Kim▼ Sell$191K
Kevin Sung Kim▲ Buy$825K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$33K
Peter Koh▲ Buy$147K
Julianna Balicka▲ Buy$117K
Kevin Sung Kim▲ Buy$364K
Kevin Sung Kim▼ Sell$130K
KIM KYU S.▲ Buy$35K
KIM KYU S.▼ Sell$14K
Peter Koh▲ Buy$39K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$16K
Thomas Stenger▲ Buy$36K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$18K
Angelee Harris▲ Buy$25K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$10K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$50K
David P. Malone▼ Sell$388K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$17K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$42K
Koh Steven▼ Sell$1.3M
Daisy Y. Ha▼ Sell$375K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$16K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$7K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$19K
David P. Malone▼ Sell$133K
Jinho Doo▼ Sell$53K
Jinho Doo▼ Sell$133K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$40K
Angelee Harris▲ Buy$80K
KIM KYU S.▲ Buy$129K
Julianna Balicka▲ Buy$117K
Campbell Craig Lewis▲ Buy$117K
Thomas Stenger▲ Buy$112K
Kevin Sung Kim▲ Buy$825K
Peter Koh▲ Buy$147K
Rachel H. Lee▲ Buy$54K
LEWIS WILLIAM J▲ Buy$54K
Dale S. Zuehls▲ Buy$95K
Whang Scott Yoon-suk▲ Buy$63K
Daisy Y. Ha▲ Buy$54K
David P. Malone▲ Buy$63K
Joon Kyung Kim▲ Buy$72K
Donald Byun▲ Buy$63K
Jinho Doo▲ Buy$54K
Koh Steven▲ Buy$83K
Pai Lisa K▲ Buy$54K
Koh Steven▼ Sell$311K
Koh Steven▼ Sell$38K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$45K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$8K
KIM KYU S.▼ Sell$6K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$6K
Campbell Craig Lewis▼ Sell$4K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$4K
Kevin Sung Kim▼ Sell$77K
Julianna Balicka▼ Sell$20K
KIM KYU S.▼ Sell$6K
KIM KYU S.▼ Sell$10K
KIM KYU S.▼ Sell$11K
KIM KYU S.▼ Sell$15K
Kevin Sung Kim▼ Sell$91K
Kevin Sung Kim▼ Sell$127K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$7K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$10K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$12K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$16K
Campbell Craig Lewis▼ Sell$5K
Campbell Craig Lewis▼ Sell$7K
Campbell Craig Lewis▼ Sell$8K
Campbell Craig Lewis▼ Sell$12K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$9K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$13K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$14K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$22K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$4K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$7K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$8K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$14K
Campbell Craig Lewis▲ Buy$12K
David P. Malone▲ Buy$73K
David P. Malone▲ Buy$27K
Peter Koh▲ Buy$30K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$11K
Peter Koh▲ Buy$11K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$4K
KIM KYU S.▲ Buy$28K
KIM KYU S.▼ Sell$10K
KIM KYU S.▲ Buy$11K
KIM KYU S.▼ Sell$4K
Kevin Sung Kim▲ Buy$270K
Kevin Sung Kim▼ Sell$98K
Kevin Sung Kim▲ Buy$101K
Kevin Sung Kim▼ Sell$38K
Angelee Harris▲ Buy$21K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$7K
Angelee Harris▲ Buy$8K
Angelee Harris▼ Sell$3K
Campbell Craig Lewis▲ Buy$31K
Campbell Craig Lewis▼ Sell$8K
Campbell Craig Lewis▼ Sell$3K
Thomas Stenger▲ Buy$29K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$15K
Thomas Stenger▲ Buy$11K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$6K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$7K
Kevin Sung Kim▲ Buy$1K
KIM KYU S.▲ Buy$6K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$18K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$28K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$31K
Jinho Doo▲ Buy$54K
Whang Scott Yoon-suk▲ Buy$90K
Dale S. Zuehls▲ Buy$61K
Thigpen Mary E▲ Buy$54K
Pai Lisa K▲ Buy$54K
David P. Malone▲ Buy$61K
LEWIS WILLIAM J▲ Buy$61K
Koh Steven▲ Buy$83K
Joon Kyung Kim▲ Buy$61K
Daisy Y. Ha▲ Buy$54K
Donald Byun▲ Buy$61K
Thomas Stenger▼ Sell$5K
Peter Koh▼ Sell$4K
KIM KYU S.▼ Sell$4K
Jason K. Kim▼ Sell$5K
Kevin Sung Kim▼ Sell$56K
Dale S. Zuehls▲ Buy$801

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