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

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

Heritage Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 9th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Thursday, August 23rd. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 8th. View Heritage Financial's Dividend History.

Heritage Financial Corp (NASDAQ:HFWA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.35 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $51.32 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $50.90 million. Heritage Financial had a return on equity of 8.54% and a net margin of 19.36%. View Heritage Financial's Earnings History.

Heritage Financial is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Heritage Financial.

5 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Heritage Financial's shares. Their predictions range from $33.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect Heritage Financial's share price to reach $35.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Heritage Financial.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heritage Financial in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Heritage Financial.

Heritage Financial saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 13th, there was short interest totalling 2,563,016 shares, an increase of 33.6% from the June 29th total of 1,917,867 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 339,784 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.5 days. Approximately 7.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Heritage Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Heritage Financial include New York Community Bancorp (NYCB), Berkshire Hills Bancorp (BHLB), Beneficial Bancorp (BNCL), United Financial Bancorp (UBNK), United Community Financial (UCFC), First Connecticut Bancorp (FBNK), Home Bancorp (HBCP), PCSB Financial (PCSB), Southern Missouri Bancorp (SMBC), Greene County Bancorp (GCBC), Timberland Bancorp (TSBK), FS Bancorp (FSBW), Entegra Financial (ENFC), ESSA Bancorp (ESSA) and First Northwest BanCorp (FNWB).

Media headlines about HFWA stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Heritage Financial earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.59 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Heritage Financial.

Heritage Financial's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.98%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.99%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.35%), Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. (1.69%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (1.31%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.74%). Company insiders that own Heritage Financial stock include Anthony Pickering, Brian Charneski, Brian L Vance, Bryan Mcdonald, David A Spurling, Donald Hinson, Gary B Christensen, John A Clees, Lisa Banner and Mark D Crawford. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Heritage Financial.

HFWA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Penn Capital Management Co. Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Citadel Advisors LLC, Martingale Asset Management L P, Boston Partners, Eagle Asset Management Inc. and Macquarie Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Heritage Financial company stock in the last year include Anthony Pickering, Brian Charneski, Brian L Vance, David A Spurling, Donald Hinson and John A Clees. View Insider Buying and Selling for Heritage Financial.

HFWA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Comerica Bank, Wells Fargo & Company MN, First Trust Advisors LP, Legal & General Group Plc and Rhumbline Advisers. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HFWA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.75.

Heritage Financial has a market capitalization of $1.30 billion and generates $183.29 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $41.79 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.48 on an earnings per share basis. Heritage Financial employs 735 workers across the globe.

Heritage Financial's mailing address is 201 FIFTH AVENUE S.W., OLYMPIA WA, 98501. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 360-943-1500 or via email at [email protected]