Hancock Whitney Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hancock Whitney in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Hancock Whitney stock.
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Hancock Whitney is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 20th 2021.
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Hancock Whitney Co. (NASDAQ:HWC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 19th. The company reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.24. The business had revenue of $321.68 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $314.28 million. Hancock Whitney had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.58% and a negative net margin of 4.01%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($1.28) earnings per share.
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Hancock Whitney's stock was trading at $21.32 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HWC shares have increased by 131.1% and is now trading at $49.27.
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Hancock Whitney declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 25th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, March 15th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 5th.
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Hancock Whitney pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.20%. Hancock Whitney does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Hancock Whitney is 26.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Hancock Whitney will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.23% next year. This indicates that Hancock Whitney will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Hancock Whitney's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $52.00. On average, they anticipate Hancock Whitney's share price to reach $33.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 32.0%.
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Hancock Whitney trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HWC."

Hancock Whitney's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.59%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.61%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (1.10%), LSV Asset Management (1.02%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.50%) and Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.47%). Company insiders that own Hancock Whitney stock include Carleton Richard Wilkins, Cecil W Knight Jr, Cecil W Knight, Jr, Joan Cahill Teofilo and Joseph S Exnicios.
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HWC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Victory Capital Management Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, LSV Asset Management, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Peregrine Capital Management LLC, and Hennessy Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Hancock Whitney company stock in the last year include Cecil W Knight Jr, Cecil W Knight, Jr, and Joseph S Exnicios.
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HWC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Principal Financial Group Inc., Rafferty Asset Management LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Acadian Asset Management LLC, and GSA Capital Partners LLP. Company insiders that have bought Hancock Whitney stock in the last two years include Carleton Richard Wilkins, and Joan Cahill Teofilo.
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One share of HWC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.27.

Hancock Whitney has a market capitalization of $4.28 billion and generates $1.44 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $327.38 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.01 on an earnings per share basis.

Hancock Whitney employs 3,926 workers across the globe.

The official website for Hancock Whitney is www.hancockwhitney.com.

Hancock Whitney is headquartered at Hancock Whitney Plaza 2510 14th Street, GULFPORT MS, 39501.

Hancock Whitney's mailing address is Hancock Whitney Plaza 2510 14th Street, GULFPORT MS, 39501. The company can be reached via phone at 228-868-4727 or via email at [email protected]