NASDAQ:HFWA - Heritage Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Heritage Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.00%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 5th. This is an increase from Heritage Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. View Heritage Financial's Dividend History.

Heritage Financial Corp (NASDAQ:HFWA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $58.13 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $58.33 million. View Heritage Financial's Earnings History.

Heritage Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Heritage Financial.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Heritage Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $32.00. On average, they anticipate Heritage Financial's stock price to reach $30.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Heritage Financial.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heritage Financial in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Heritage Financial.

News coverage about HFWA stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Heritage Financial earned a coverage optimism score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Heritage Financial.

Heritage Financial saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,060,000 shares, a decline of 14.5% from the January 15th total of 2,410,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 145,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 14.2 days. Approximately 5.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Heritage Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Heritage Financial include SunTrust Banks (STI), TCF Financial (TCF), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Park National (PRK), Tompkins Financial (TMP), Arrow Financial (AROW), American National BankShares (AMNB), Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB), Ames National (ATLO), MidSouth Bancorp (MSL), First Trust California Municipal High Income ETF (FCAL), 1st Source (SRCE), BancFirst (BANF) and Bancorp (TBBK).

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

Heritage Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (3.49%), State Street Corp (3.30%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.26%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.69%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.66%) and Schroder Investment Management Group (1.25%). Company insiders that own Heritage Financial stock include Brian L Vance, Bryan Mcdonald, David A Spurling, Donald Hinson, John A Clees and Lisa Banner. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Heritage Financial.

HFWA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eagle Asset Management Inc., Marshall Wace LLP, THB Asset Management, Bank of America Corp DE, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Arizona State Retirement System, Public Sector Pension Investment Board and New York State Common Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold Heritage Financial company stock in the last year include Brian L Vance, Bryan Mcdonald, David A Spurling and Lisa Banner. View Insider Buying and Selling for Heritage Financial.

HFWA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Penn Capital Management Co. Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., State Street Corp and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. View Insider Buying and Selling for Heritage Financial.

Shares of HFWA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HFWA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.71.