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

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

Heritage Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 22nd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 6th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 5th. This is a positive change from Heritage Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. View Heritage Financial's Dividend History.

Heritage Financial Corp (NASDAQ:HFWA) issued its earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate 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. Heritage Financial had a return on equity of 8.48% and a net margin of 26.99%. 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 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Heritage Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $29.00 to $32.00. On average, they expect Heritage Financial's share price to reach $30.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.9% 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 articles about HFWA stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Heritage Financial earned a daily sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines 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 stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Heritage Financial.

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

Some companies that are related to Heritage Financial include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and TCF Financial (TCF).

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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Alliancebernstein L.P. (3.79%), 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%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.66%). 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, Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Arizona State Retirement System and Public Sector Pension Investment Board. 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 $25.02.

Heritage Financial has a market capitalization of $916.23 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.View Additional Information About Heritage Financial.

The official website for Heritage Financial is http://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]