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

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

Heartland Financial USA declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is an increase from Heartland Financial USA's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. View Heartland Financial USA's Dividend History.

Heartland Financial USA Inc (NASDAQ:HTLF) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 27th. The bank reported $1.03 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.04. The bank had revenue of $140.78 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $138.70 million. Heartland Financial USA had a net margin of 23.65% and a return on equity of 10.04%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.93 EPS. View Heartland Financial USA's Earnings History.

Heartland Financial USA is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Heartland Financial USA.

2 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Heartland Financial USA's stock. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect Heartland Financial USA's stock price to reach $53.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Heartland Financial USA.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Heartland Financial USA in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Heartland Financial USA.

News headlines about HTLF stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Financial USA earned a news sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the bank a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Heartland Financial USA.

Heartland Financial USA saw a decrease in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 571,000 shares, a decrease of 14.7% from the January 30th total of 669,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 99,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.8 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock 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), 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), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and TCF Financial (TCF).

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), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), UGI (UGI), RealReal (REAL), SVMK (SVMK), Chewy (CHWY), Eventbrite (EB), IBM (IBM) and Teekay Lng Partners (TGP).

Heartland Financial USA's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Earnest Partners LLC (4.49%), Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. (4.37%), FMR LLC (3.11%), State Street Corp (2.15%), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (1.45%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.27%). Company insiders that own Heartland Financial USA stock include Andrew E Townsend, Barry H Orr, Brian Fox, 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Dubuque Bank & Trust Co., Stifel Financial Corp, Bank of America Corp DE, Martingale Asset Management L P, Mariner LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and AQR Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Heartland Financial USA company stock in the last year include Barry H Orr, Brian Fox, Martin J Schmitz 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 Islay Capital Management LLC, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Guggenheim Capital LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Earnest Partners LLC and Bank of Montreal Can. 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 $47.69.

Heartland Financial USA has a market capitalization of $1.75 billion and generates $630.54 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $149.13 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.14 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]