Company insider dossier

Hope Bancorp Inc insider intelligence

HOPE filings assessed for conviction, transaction quality, insider breadth, clustering, freshness, and price confirmation.

71/100

Conviction accumulation

100/100 confidence
Exchange
NASDAQ
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Banks - Regional
Latest evidence
3 Aug 2026

Investment committee read

Conviction accumulation

Priced common-share acquisitions carry more weighted evidence than disposals after freshness, role, size, and duplicate controls.

Research constructive setups

Evidence in favour

  • 11 distinct acquisition events survive duplicate and security-type controls.
  • Participation spans 17 named insiders rather than one filing source.
  • The latest qualifying evidence is fresh, dated 03 Aug 2026.

Decision risks

  • Reported purpose is unavailable in this feed, so even priced common-share transactions need filing context.
Conviction71Conviction accumulation
Confidence100Deep evidence
Named insiders17participating in the tape
Controlled events17directional common-share events
Acquisition value$2.1Mnormalized amount
Disposal value$674.3Knormalized amount

Price confirmation map

Weekly price with common-share events

Acquisitions and disposals are aligned to the nearest completed weekly bar.

13.9912.6311.279.918.55 Disposal · 3 Aug 2026 · $384.5KDisposal · 8 Jun 2026 · $19.0KAcquisition · 21 May 2026 · $91.8KAcquisition · 21 May 2026 · $72.0KAcquisition · 21 May 2026 · $63.0KAcquisition · 21 May 2026 · $63.0KAcquisition · 21 May 2026 · $54.0KAcquisition · 21 May 2026 · $54.0KAcquisition · 21 May 2026 · $54.0KAcquisition · 21 May 2026 · $54.0KDisposal · 6 May 2026 · $150.4KDisposal · 27 Apr 2026 · $22.7KDisposal · 16 Apr 2026 · $63.3KDisposal · 16 Apr 2026 · $34.3KAcquisition · 14 Apr 2026 · $866.2KAcquisition · 14 Apr 2026 · $154.3KAcquisition · 14 Apr 2026 · $130.0KAcquisition · 14 Apr 2026 · $122.2KAcquisition · 14 Apr 2026 · $117.0KAcquisition · 14 Apr 2026 · $111.8KAcquisition · 14 Apr 2026 · $104.0K
Feb 2025Aug 2026
Weekly closeCommon-share acquisitionCommon-share disposal

Market confirmation

Price and trend context

Latest close
13.99 USD
One-week move
+0.9%
Four-week move
+5.1%
Fair-value gap
+32.2%
Trend signal
Active
Relative strength
6.4

Directional balance

Controlled event mix

64.7%acquisition
Acquisition events
11
Disposal events
6
Net value
$1.4M

Cadence

Twelve-week filing pressure

Volume shows attention. Controlled events determine direction.

025 May
001 Jun
108 Jun
015 Jun
022 Jun
029 Jun
006 Jul
013 Jul
020 Jul
027 Jul
103 Aug
010 Aug

Named participants

Insider conviction by person

BYUN, DONALDDirector721 events
DOO, JINHODirector721 events
HARRIS, ANGELEEEVP, General Counsel721 events
HAWLEY, BRIAN WILLIAMEVP, Chief Retail Banking Ofcr721 events
KIM, JASON KSEVP, Chief Bus. Bnking Ofcr721 events
KIM, JOON KYUNGDirector721 events
KIM, KEVIN SUNGDirector, Chairman & CEO721 events
KOH, PETERPresident & COO721 events
LEE, RACHEL H.Director721 events
NAKAJIMA, TAKAAKIDirector721 events
SACCHI, GUIDO FRANCESCODirector721 events
ZUEHLS, DALE S.Director721 events

Evidence quality

Security and transaction context

Common equity21
Equity compensation0
Options and derivatives0
Other securities0

Role architecture

Who is participating

Director10
Other executive8
Finance leadership2
CEO and chair1

Transaction evidence

Auditable HOPE filing ledger

Showing 1 to 21 of 21.

HA, DAISY YDirector
DisposalCommon equity
26995 sharesCommon Stock
$384.5KDirectional evidence
STENGER, THOMASSEVP, Chief Risk Officer
DisposalCommon equity
1500 sharesCommon Stock
$19.0KDirectional evidence
ZUEHLS, DALE S.Director
AcquisitionCommon equity
7373 sharesCommon Stock
$91.8KDirectional evidence
KIM, JOON KYUNGDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
5783 sharesCommon Stock
$72.0KDirectional evidence
BYUN, DONALDDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
5060 sharesCommon Stock
$63.0KDirectional evidence
DOO, JINHODirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
5060 sharesCommon Stock
$63.0KDirectional evidence
HA, DAISY YDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
4337 sharesCommon Stock
$54.0KDirectional evidence
LEE, RACHEL H.Director
AcquisitionCommon equity
4337 sharesCommon Stock
$54.0KDirectional evidence
NAKAJIMA, TAKAAKIDirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
4337 sharesCommon Stock
$54.0KDirectional evidence
SACCHI, GUIDO FRANCESCODirector
AcquisitionCommon equity
4337 sharesCommon Stock
$54.0KDirectional evidence
HA, DAISY YDirector
DisposalCommon equity
12000 sharesCommon Stock
$150.4KDirectional evidence
BALICKA, JULIANNAEVP, CFO
DisposalCommon equity
1795 sharesCommon Stock
$22.7KDirectional evidence
BUNTING, JOHNSEVP, Chief Corp. Inst.Bnk Ofr
DisposalCommon equity
5167 sharesCommon Stock
$63.3KDirectional evidence
WILLIAMS, ELWORTHSEVP, Chief Comm Banking Ofcr
DisposalCommon equity
2799 sharesCommon Stock
$34.3KDirectional evidence
KIM, KEVIN SUNGDirector, Chairman & CEO
AcquisitionCommon equity
79912 sharesCommon Stock
$866.2KDirectional evidence
KOH, PETERPresident & COO
AcquisitionCommon equity
14238 sharesCommon Stock
$154.3KDirectional evidence
STENGER, THOMASSEVP, Chief Risk Officer
AcquisitionCommon equity
11992 sharesCommon Stock
$130.0KDirectional evidence
BALICKA, JULIANNAEVP, CFO
AcquisitionCommon equity
11273 sharesCommon Stock
$122.2KDirectional evidence
HAWLEY, BRIAN WILLIAMEVP, Chief Retail Banking Ofcr
AcquisitionCommon equity
10793 sharesCommon Stock
$117.0KDirectional evidence
KIM, JASON KSEVP, Chief Bus. Bnking Ofcr
AcquisitionCommon equity
10313 sharesCommon Stock
$111.8KDirectional evidence
HARRIS, ANGELEEEVP, General Counsel
AcquisitionCommon equity
9594 sharesCommon Stock
$104.0KDirectional evidence

Reading the dossier

Direction and confidence are separate

Conviction

The 0 to 100 score classifies deduplicated priced common-share evidence. Fifty is balanced or non-directional.

Confidence

Confidence rises with controlled event depth, named-insider breadth, fresh evidence, normalized values, and a longer observation span.

Disposals

Selling is not treated as the mirror image of buying. It carries less directional weight because taxes, diversification, compensation, and planned transactions can all create sales.

Price confirmation

The market chart tests whether the filing thesis is being confirmed or rejected by price, fair-value position, relative strength, and the current trend state.

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Evidence context