Heartland Financial USA Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NASDAQ:HTLF)

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

Heartland Financial USA announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 14th. View Heartland Financial USA's Dividend History.

Heartland Financial USA Inc (NASDAQ:HTLF) announced its earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The bank reported $0.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.04. The bank had revenue of $140.72 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $137.57 million. Heartland Financial USA had a return on equity of 9.92% and a net margin of 23.03%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.97 EPS. View Heartland Financial USA's Earnings History.

Heartland Financial USA is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, January 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Heartland Financial USA.

1 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Heartland Financial USA's shares. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate Heartland Financial USA's share price to reach $53.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Heartland Financial USA.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Financial USA in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Heartland Financial USA.

Media coverage about HTLF stock has been trending somewhat negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press 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. Heartland Financial USA earned a media sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Heartland Financial USA.

Heartland Financial USA saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 878,200 shares, a drop of 9.3% from the September 15th total of 967,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 115,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.6 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Heartland Financial USA's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Heartland Financial USA include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), BB&T (BBT), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), KeyCorp (KEY), First Republic Bank (FRC), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR).

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Heartland Financial USA's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. (4.52%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.27%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.16%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.14%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.12%) and Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. (0.08%). Company insiders that own Heartland Financial USA stock include Andrew E Townsend, Barry H Orr, Bryan Mckeag, John K Schmidt, Kelly J Johnson, Kurt Saylor, Martin J Schmitz, Michael J Coyle and R Michael Mccoy. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Heartland Financial USA.

HTLF stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, HGK Asset Management Inc., Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. and Larson Financial Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Heartland Financial USA company stock in the last year include Barry H Orr, Kurt Saylor and Michael J Coyle. View Insider Buying and Selling for Heartland Financial USA.

HTLF stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Russell Investments Group Ltd., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Alps Advisors Inc., AdvisorNet Financial Inc, Dubuque Bank & Trust Co., Rhumbline Advisers and UMB Bank N A MO. Company insiders that have bought Heartland Financial USA stock in the last two years include Bryan Mckeag and R Michael Mccoy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Heartland Financial USA.

Shares of HTLF 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 HTLF stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.21.

Heartland Financial USA has a market capitalization of $1.73 billion and generates $574.98 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $117 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.52 on an earnings per share basis. Heartland Financial USA employs 2,045 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Heartland Financial USA.

The official website for Heartland Financial USA is http://www.htlf.com/.

Heartland Financial USA's mailing address is 1398 CENTRAL AVE, DUBUQUE IA, 52001. The bank can be reached via phone at 563-589-2100 or via email at [email protected]