First Hawaiian (FHB) Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for First Hawaiian in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" FHB shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FHB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for First Hawaiian's stock. Their FHB share price forecasts range from $21.00 to $26.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $23.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 40.7% from the stock's current price.
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First Hawaiian's stock was trading at $26.04 at the start of the year. Since then, FHB stock has decreased by 35.4% and is now trading at $16.82.
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First Hawaiian saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,780,000 shares, an increase of 24.7% from the April 30th total of 6,240,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.1 days. Currently, 6.1% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 4th 2023.
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First Hawaiian, Inc. (NASDAQ:FHB) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 28th. The bank reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $216.27 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $190.28 million. First Hawaiian had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.14% and a net margin of 29.63%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 23.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.45 earnings per share.

First Hawaiian declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.26 per share on Friday, June 2nd. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.18%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 19th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF), VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (CSB),

First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.18%. FHB has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 48.60%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FHB will have a dividend payout ratio of 53.61% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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90 employees have rated First Hawaiian Chief Executive Officer Robert S. Harrison on Glassdoor.com. Robert S. Harrison has an approval rating of 95% among the company's employees. This puts Robert S. Harrison in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 60.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at First Hawaiian to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other First Hawaiian investors own include Comerica (CMA), Honda Motor (HMC), General Mills (GIS), AT&T (T), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Albemarle (ALB), Boeing (BA), General Electric (GE), General Motors (GM) and Landec (LNDC).

(FHB) raised $464 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, August 4th 2016. The company issued 21,100,000 shares at a price of $21.00-$23.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, BofA Merrill Lynch, BNP PARIBAS, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank acted as the underwriters for the IPO and BBVA, COMMERZBANK, HSBC, ING, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company), Banco Santander and Wells Fargo Securities were co-managers.

First Hawaiian trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FHB."

First Hawaiian's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.39%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (11.00%), American Century Companies Inc. (5.88%), State Street Corp (4.04%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.52%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.50%). Insiders that own company stock include Ravi Mallela, Robert S Harrison and Vanessa L Washington.
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Shares of FHB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FHB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.82.

First Hawaiian (NASDAQ:FHB) has a market capitalization of $2.15 billion and generates $842.74 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $265.68 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.14 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,000 workers across the globe.

First Hawaiian's mailing address is 999 BISHOP STREET, HONOLULU HI, 96813. The official website for the company is www.fhb.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (808) 525-7000 or via email at ir@fhb.com.