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 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" HTLF shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HTLF, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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2 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Heartland Financial USA's shares. Their HTLF share price forecasts range from $52.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $53.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.1% from the stock's current price.
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Heartland Financial USA's stock was trading at $46.62 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, HTLF stock has decreased by 16.6% and is now trading at $38.87.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 24th 2023.
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Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTLF) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 30th. The bank reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.33 by $0.04. The bank earned $234.68 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $188.66 million. Heartland Financial USA had a net margin of 27.27% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.35%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.12 EPS.

Heartland Financial USA declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 10th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Tuesday, February 28th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 9th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.28.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) stock in their portfolio include AdvisorShares Alpha DNA Equity Sentiment ETF (SENT), First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), First Trust RBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM ETF (AIRR), iShares US Small Cap Value Factor ETF (SVAL), VictoryShares US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF (CSF), VictoryShares US Small Cap Volatility Wtd ETF (CSA), Vanguard U.S. Value Factor (VFVA) and SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE).

Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.09%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 24.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HTLF will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.54% 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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Heartland Financial USA investors own include AMN Healthcare Services (AMN), UGI (UGI), Five Below (FIVE), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), International Business Machines (IBM), Dominion Energy (D), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), MetLife (MET), Altria Group (MO) and AT&T (T).

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

Heartland Financial USA's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Earnest Partners LLC (7.25%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.13%), Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. (3.90%), Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (3.48%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.80%) and Bank of America Corp DE (1.55%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian Fox, Bruce K Lee, 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 $38.87.

Heartland Financial USA (NASDAQ:HTLF) has a market capitalization of $1.65 billion and generates $802.92 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $212.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.94 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,002 workers across the globe.

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 (303) 285-9200, via email at bmckeag@htlf.com, or via fax at 563-589-1951.