Brokers Offer Predictions for Hancock Whitney Q4 Earnings

Hancock Whitney Corporation (NASDAQ:HWC - Free Report) - Investment analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Hancock Whitney in a research note issued on Thursday, October 16th. DA Davidson analyst G. Tenner expects that the company will post earnings of $1.44 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson currently has a "Buy" rating and a $67.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Hancock Whitney's current full-year earnings is $5.53 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Hancock Whitney's FY2026 earnings at $6.05 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on HWC. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Hancock Whitney from $70.00 to $74.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 26th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods downgraded shares of Hancock Whitney from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and upped their target price for the stock from $62.00 to $63.00 in a report on Friday, July 11th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Hancock Whitney from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Monday, August 11th. Piper Sandler upped their target price on shares of Hancock Whitney from $70.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. Finally, Raymond James Financial dropped their target price on shares of Hancock Whitney from $73.00 to $72.00 and set a "strong-buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $69.86.

Hancock Whitney Trading Down 7.2%

Shares of HWC stock opened at $54.52 on Friday. Hancock Whitney has a 1 year low of $43.90 and a 1 year high of $64.66. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $61.98 and a 200-day moving average price of $57.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.81. The company has a market cap of $4.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.75 and a beta of 1.11.

Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 14th. The company reported $1.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.06. Hancock Whitney had a net margin of 23.99% and a return on equity of 11.29%. The firm had revenue of $0.03 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $391.32 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.33 EPS.

Hancock Whitney Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 5th were paid a $0.45 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 5th. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.3%. Hancock Whitney's payout ratio is presently 32.20%.

Institutional Trading of Hancock Whitney

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in Hancock Whitney by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,181 shares of the company's stock worth $199,000 after purchasing an additional 195 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC lifted its stake in Hancock Whitney by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 8,245 shares of the company's stock worth $516,000 after purchasing an additional 418 shares in the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Hancock Whitney in the 3rd quarter worth $963,000. Trust Point Inc. lifted its stake in Hancock Whitney by 8.8% in the 3rd quarter. Trust Point Inc. now owns 5,046 shares of the company's stock worth $316,000 after purchasing an additional 410 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in Hancock Whitney by 36.4% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 14,111 shares of the company's stock worth $810,000 after purchasing an additional 3,769 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 81.22% of the company's stock.

About Hancock Whitney

Hancock Whitney Corporation operates as the financial holding company for Hancock Whitney Bank that provides traditional and online banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers. It offers various transaction and savings deposit products consisting of brokered deposits, time deposits, and money market accounts; treasury management services, secured and unsecured loan products including revolving credit facilities, and letters of credit and similar financial guarantees; and trust and investment management services to retirement plans, corporations, and individuals, and investment advisory and brokerage products.

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