Both in Banking & Credit

Hope Bancorp vs Center Bancorp

Over the past year HOPE returned +24.1% and CNOB returned +34.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.77.

HOPE +24.1% CNOB +34.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHOPECNOB
Price$13.11$32.49
Market cap$1.67B$1.63B
Today−1.58%−1.16%
1 month−3.4%+6.5%
6 months+5.0%+8.0%
Year to date+19.6%+23.9%
1 year+25.0%+35.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+18.0%−10.4%
Gross margin58.0%55.4%
Net margin13.0%16.1%
P/E (TTM)12.8×11.3×
Price / sales1.6×2.1×
Net cash$2.34B$446.9M
Dividend yield4.27%2.40%
Volatility (60d)18.1%21.4%
Short % of float6.7%4.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).