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 Wednesday, October 23rd. Shareholders 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 yield of 1.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 14th. View Heartland Financial USA's Dividend History.

Heartland Financial USA Inc (NASDAQ:HTLF) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The bank reported $0.94 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.90 by $0.04. The bank earned $140.72 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $137.57 million. Heartland Financial USA had a return on equity of 9.92% and a net margin of 23.03%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.97 earnings per share. 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.

Heartland Financial USA will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, January 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Heartland Financial USA's stock. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate Heartland Financial USA's share price to reach $53.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% 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.

News articles about HTLF stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Heartland Financial USA earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Heartland Financial USA.

Heartland Financial USA saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 807,300 shares, an increase of 7.5% from the December 15th total of 751,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 93,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.7 days. Currently, 2.4% of the shares of the company 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), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Signature Bank (SBNY), TCF Financial (TCF) and East West Bancorp (EWBC).

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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. (4.37%) and Honkamp Krueger Financial Services Inc. (0.34%). 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 Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. and Honkamp Krueger Financial Services Inc.. 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.

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 $48.10.

Heartland Financial USA has a market capitalization of $1.77 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]