Heritage Financial Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heritage Financial in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Heritage Financial stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HFWA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Heritage Financial saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,020,000 shares, a drop of 17.7% from the June 30th total of 1,240,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 139,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.3 days. Currently, 2.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Heritage Financial is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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Heritage Financial Co. (NASDAQ:HFWA) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 22nd. The financial services provider reported $0.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.39. Heritage Financial had a net margin of 38.88% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.92%.
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Heritage Financial's stock was trading at $20.21 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HFWA stock has increased by 19.7% and is now trading at $24.19.
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Heritage Financial declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 22nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 4th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Wednesday, August 18th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.31%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 3rd.
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Heritage Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.31%. Heritage Financial does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Heritage Financial is 62.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Heritage Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 48.19% next year. This indicates that Heritage Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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1 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Heritage Financial's shares. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Heritage Financial's share price to reach $28.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.8% from the stock's current price.
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17 employees have rated Heritage Financial CEO Jeff Deuel on Glassdoor.com. Jeff Deuel has an approval rating of 94% among Heritage Financial's employees. This puts Jeff Deuel in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Heritage Financial include The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), First Republic Bank (FRC), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), M&T Bank (MTB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Signature Bank (SBNY), East West Bancorp (EWBC), Western Alliance Bancorporation (WAL), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), First Horizon (FHN) and Commerce Bancshares (CBSH).
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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.21%), Kiley Juergens Wealth Management LLC (0.57%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%). Company insiders that own Heritage Financial stock include Brian Charneski, Brian L Vance, Bryan Mcdonald, Cindy M Huntley, David A Spurling, Gragg E Miller, Jeffrey J Deuel, Jeffrey S Lyon, John A Clees and Tony Chalfant.
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HFWA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Heritage Financial company stock in the last year include Brian Charneski, Brian L Vance, Cindy M Huntley, John A Clees, and Tony Chalfant.
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HFWA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Kiley Juergens Wealth Management LLC, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Heritage Financial stock in the last two years include Brian Charneski, Gragg E Miller, Jeffrey J Deuel, and Jeffrey S Lyon.
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Shares of HFWA 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 $24.19.

Heritage Financial has a market capitalization of $870.36 million and generates $251.55 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $46.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.29 on an earnings per share basis.

Heritage Financial employs 840 workers across the globe.

Heritage Financial was founded in 1927.

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

Heritage Financial is headquartered at 201 FIFTH AVENUE S.W., OLYMPIA WA, 98501.

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]