Heartland Financial USA - HTLF Stock Forecast, Price & News

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. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" HTLF shares.
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2 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Heartland Financial USA's stock. Their HTLF share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $60.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 25.7% from the stock's current price.
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Heartland Financial USA's stock was trading at $50.61 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, HTLF shares have decreased by 5.7% and is now trading at $47.72.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 24th 2022.
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Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLF) released its earnings results on Monday, July, 25th. The bank reported $1.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.05 by $0.12. The bank had revenue of $177 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $172.76 million. Heartland Financial USA had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.06% and a net margin of 28.71%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.41 EPS.

Heartland Financial USA announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 21st. Investors of record on Friday, August 12th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Friday, August 26th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 11th.
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Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.29%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 5 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 23.08%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HTLF will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.89% 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.

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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 State Street Corp (2.44%), FMR LLC (1.05%), Northern Trust Corp (0.99%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (0.82%), MESIROW FINANCIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Equity & Fixed Income (0.55%) and M3F Inc. (0.43%). Insiders that own company stock include Barry H Orr, Brian Fox, Bryan Mckeag, Christopher Hylen, 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 $47.72.

Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) has a market capitalization of $2.03 billion and generates $717.70 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $219.92 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.68 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,249 workers across the globe.

Heartland Financial USA was founded in 1981.

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 (563) 589-2100, via email at bmckeag@htlf.com, or via fax at 563-589-1951.