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. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.03%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 5th. This is a boost from Heritage Financial's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. View Heritage Financial's Dividend History.

Heritage Financial Corp (NASDAQ:HFWA) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $58.13 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives 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 15.7% 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.

Media stories about HFWA stock have trended somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Heritage Financial earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very 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 increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,410,000 shares, an increase of 9.0% from the December 15th total of 2,210,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 145,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 16.6 days. Currently, 6.7% 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 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), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), 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 Kiley Juergens Wealth Management LLC (0.26%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.23%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%), Arizona State Retirement System (0.07%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%). 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 Arizona State Retirement System, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Heritage Financial company stock in the last year include Brian L Vance, Bryan Mcdonald, David A Spurling, Donald Hinson 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 California Public Employees Retirement System and Kiley Juergens Wealth Management LLC. 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 $26.37.

Heritage Financial has a market capitalization of $965.67 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]