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 Thursday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share on Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 13th. This is a positive change from Heartland Financial USA's previous quarterly dividend of $0.18. View Heartland Financial USA's Dividend History.

Heartland Financial USA Inc (NASDAQ:HTLF) released its earnings results on Monday, January, 27th. The bank reported $1.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.99 by $0.04. The bank earned $140.78 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $138.70 million. During the same period in the previous 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 analysts have issued 12-month target prices 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% 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 trended negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely 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 decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 669,100 shares, a decline of 17.1% from the January 15th total of 807,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 94,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.1 days. Currently, 2.0% 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 SunTrust Banks (STI), TCF Financial (TCF), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Park National (PRK), Tompkins Financial (TMP), Arrow Financial (AROW), American National BankShares (AMNB), Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB), Ames National (ATLO), MidSouth Bancorp (MSL), First Trust California Municipal High Income ETF (FCAL), 1st Source (SRCE), BancFirst (BANF) and Bancorp (TBBK).

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 retail and institutional 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 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.06%). 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 purchased 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 $50.58.