Heritage Financial (HFWA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heritage Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" HFWA shares.
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2 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Heritage Financial's stock. Their HFWA share price forecasts range from $23.00 to $35.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $27.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 62.2% from the stock's current price.
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Heritage Financial's stock was trading at $30.64 at the start of the year. Since then, HFWA shares have decreased by 44.3% and is now trading at $17.06.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 20th 2023.
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Heritage Financial Co. (NASDAQ:HFWA) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 20th. The financial services provider reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.05. The financial services provider earned $59.61 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $60.53 million. Heritage Financial had a net margin of 30.05% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.30%. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.46 earnings per share.

Heritage Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 18th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 4th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, May 18th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.16%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 3rd.
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Heritage Financial (NASDAQ:HFWA) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.94%. HFWA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 37.77%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HFWA will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.67% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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17 employees have rated Heritage Financial Chief Executive Officer Jeff Deuel on Glassdoor.com. Jeff Deuel has an approval rating of 94% among the company's employees. This puts Jeff Deuel in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Heritage Financial investors own include Intelsat (I), Bank of America (BAC), Fossil Group (FOSL), Associated British Foods (ABF), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Ciena (CIEN), Apollo Global Management (APO), China Unicom (Hong Kong) (CHU) and First Data (FDC).

Heritage Financial trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HFWA."

Heritage Financial's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (14.81%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.92%), State Street Corp (4.34%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.49%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.37%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.96%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Charneski, Brian L Vance, Cindy M Huntley, Frederick B Rivera, Jeffrey S Lyon, John A Clees and Tony Chalfant.
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Shares of HFWA 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 HFWA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.06.

Heritage Financial (NASDAQ:HFWA) has a market capitalization of $598.12 million and generates $257.05 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $81.88 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.33 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 751 workers across the globe.

Heritage Financial's mailing address is 201 FIFTH AVENUE S.W., OLYMPIA WA, 98501. The official website for the company is www.hf-wa.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (360) 943-1500, via email at hfwa@heritagebanknw.com, or via fax at 360-352-0864.