HBT Financial (HBT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research 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 research 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 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for HBT Financial's stock. Their HBT share price forecasts range from $19.50 to $22.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $20.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.3% from the stock's current price.
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HBT Financial's stock was trading at $19.57 at the start of the year. Since then, HBT stock has decreased by 8.0% and is now trading at $18.00.
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HBT Financial saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 177,100 shares, an increase of 21.0% from the August 15th total of 146,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 39,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.5 days. Currently, 1.4% of the company's 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 earnings results on Monday, July, 24th. The company reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $66.68 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $59.58 million. HBT Financial had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.73% and a net margin of 26.76%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.48 earnings per share.

HBT Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share on Tuesday, August 15th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.78%. The ex-dividend date 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 3.75%. 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 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."

HBT Financial's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (5.44%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (2.63%), Banc Funds Co. LLC (1.96%), Royce & Associates LP (1.76%), Cetera Investment Advisers (1.16%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.84%). Insiders that own company stock include Diane H Lanier, Eric E Burwell, Fred L Drake, Gerald E Pfeiffer, Patrick F Busch and Roger A Baker.
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Shares of HBT 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 HBT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $18.00.

HBT Financial (NASDAQ:HBT) has a market capitalization of $573.30 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.