NASDAQ:HTLF - Heartland Financial USA Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 paid a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, November 29th. This represents a $0.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. View Heartland Financial USA's Dividend History.

Heartland Financial USA Inc (NASDAQ:HTLF) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The bank reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.04. The bank earned $140.72 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $137.57 million. Heartland Financial USA had a net margin of 23.03% and a return on equity of 9.92%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $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 price targets for Heartland Financial USA's shares. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect Heartland Financial USA's share price to reach $53.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.4% 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 stories about HTLF stock have trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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 daily sentiment score of -4.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the bank a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Heartland Financial USA.

Heartland Financial USA saw a decline in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 803,700 shares, a decline of 8.5% from the October 31st total of 878,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 109,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.3 days. Currently, 2.3% of the company's shares are sold short. 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 BOK Financial (BOKF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Heartland Financial USA investors own include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), Five Below (FIVE), UGI (UGI), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Healthequity (HQY), TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE (TTWO), Alamos Gold (AGI), Illinois Tool Works (ITW) and Southwest Airlines (LUV).

Heartland Financial USA's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. (4.52%), State Street Corp (2.04%), Stifel Financial Corp (0.61%), Millennium Management LLC (0.41%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.27%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.16%). 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 Stifel Financial Corp, Squarepoint Ops LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, HGK Asset Management Inc., Barclays PLC, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, State Street Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Alps Advisors Inc., AdvisorNet Financial Inc and Dubuque Bank & Trust Co.. 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 $47.59.

Heartland Financial USA has a market capitalization of $1.75 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]