HBT Financial (HBT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for HBT Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" HBT shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HBT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for HBT Financial's shares. Their HBT share price forecasts range from $19.50 to $22.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $20.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.8% from the stock's current price.
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HBT Financial's stock was trading at $19.57 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, HBT shares have decreased by 6.8% and is now trading at $18.24.
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HBT Financial saw a decrease in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 135,400 shares, a decrease of 23.5% from the August 31st total of 177,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 30,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.5 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 23rd 2023.
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HBT Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:HBT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 24th. The company reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.60 by $0.02. The company earned $66.68 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $59.58 million. HBT Financial had a net margin of 26.76% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.73%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.48 EPS.

HBT Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 8th will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Tuesday, August 15th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 7th.
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HBT Financial (NASDAQ:HBT) pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.74%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 33.83%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HBT will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.91% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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23 employees have rated HBT Financial Chief Executive Officer Fred L. Drake on Glassdoor.com. Fred L. Drake has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

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(HBT) raised $149 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Friday, October 11th 2019. The company issued 8,300,000 shares at $17.00-$19.00 per share. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (A Stifel Company) and J.P. Morgan acted as the underwriters for the IPO and RAYMOND JAMES, Sandler O'Neill + Partners and D.A. Davidson & Co. were co-managers.

HBT Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HBT."

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One share of HBT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.24.

HBT Financial (NASDAQ:HBT) has a market capitalization of $580.94 million and generates $187.77 million in revenue each year. The company earns $56.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.01 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 711 workers across the globe.

HBT Financial's mailing address is 401 N. HERSHEY ROAD, BLOOMINGTON IL, 61702. The official website for the company is www.hbtbank.com. The company can be reached via phone at 888-897-2276 or via email at hbtir@hbtbank.com.