Heartland Financial USA (HTLF) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Financial USA in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" HTLF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HTLF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Heartland Financial USA's stock. Their HTLF share price forecasts range from $35.00 to $54.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $42.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.4% from the stock's current price.
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Heartland Financial USA's stock was trading at $46.62 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HTLF shares have decreased by 36.5% and is now trading at $29.60.
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Heartland Financial USA saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 578,300 shares, an increase of 29.7% from the August 15th total of 445,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 178,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.2 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 30th 2023.
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Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLF) announced its earnings results on Monday, July, 31st. The bank reported $1.14 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.01. The bank had revenue of $179.63 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $181.53 million. Heartland Financial USA had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.48% and a net margin of 22.98%.

Heartland Financial USA declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 11th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, August 25th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 10th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) stock in their portfolio include First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT) and First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF (AIRR).First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FYX).

Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.04%. HTLF has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 24.24%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HTLF will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.40% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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9 employees have rated Heartland Financial USA Chief Executive Officer Bruce Lee on Glassdoor.com. Bruce Lee has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Heartland Financial USA investors own include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), UGI (UGI), Five Below (FIVE), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), International Business Machines (IBM), Dominion Energy (D), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), MetLife (MET), Altria Group (MO) and AT&T (T).

Heartland Financial USA trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HTLF."

Heartland Financial USA's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (13.65%), Earnest Partners LLC (6.45%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.02%), Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. (3.98%), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (3.46%) and State Street Corp (2.87%). Insiders that own company stock include Bruce K Lee, Christopher Hylen, Deborah K Deters, John K Schmidt, Lynn B Fuller, Martin J Schmitz and Robert B Engel.
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Shares of HTLF stock 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 HTLF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.60.

Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) has a market capitalization of $1.26 billion and generates $802.92 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $212.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.95 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,002 workers across the globe.

Heartland Financial USA's mailing address is 1398 CENTRAL AVE, DUBUQUE IA, 52001. The official website for the company is www.htlf.com. The bank can be reached via phone at (303) 285-9200, via email at bmckeag@htlf.com, or via fax at 563-589-1951.