NASDAQ:HFWAHeritage Financial Stock Price, Forecast & News

Heritage Financial's stock was trading at $20.21 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HFWA shares have decreased by 5.8% and is now trading at $19.03. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heritage Financial in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Heritage Financial.

Heritage Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Heritage Financial.

Heritage Financial will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Heritage Financial Corp (NASDAQ:HFWA) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.02. The financial services provider earned $58.04 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $55.46 million. Heritage Financial had a net margin of 25.11% and a return on equity of 7.88%. View Heritage Financial's earnings history.

Heritage Financial announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Wednesday, May 27th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 12th. View Heritage Financial's dividend history.

3 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Heritage Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $29.00. On average, they anticipate Heritage Financial's stock price to reach $29.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 52.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Heritage Financial.

News headlines about HFWA stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Heritage Financial earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Heritage Financial.

Heritage Financial saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,900,000 shares, a decrease of 5.9% from the June 15th total of 2,020,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 200,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.5 days. Approximately 5.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Heritage Financial's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Heritage Financial include Truist Financial (TFC), PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), First Republic Bank (FRC), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), M&T Bank (MTB), KeyCorp (KEY), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), Prosperity Bancshares (PB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR). View all competitors.

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."

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One share of HFWA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.03.

Heritage Financial has a market capitalization of $682.99 million and generates $250.31 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $67.56 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.83 on an earnings per share basis. Heritage Financial employs 878 workers across the globe.

The official website for Heritage Financial is www.hf-wa.com.

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]