Hancock Whitney (HWC) Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hancock Whitney in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" HWC shares.
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7 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Hancock Whitney's stock. Their HWC share price forecasts range from $43.00 to $57.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $47.56 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.5% from the stock's current price.
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Hancock Whitney's stock was trading at $48.39 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HWC shares have decreased by 21.7% and is now trading at $37.89.
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Hancock Whitney saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,670,000 shares, an increase of 14.1% from the April 30th total of 2,340,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 688,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.9 days. Approximately 3.1% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 18th 2023.
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Hancock Whitney Co. (NASDAQ:HWC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 18th. The company reported $1.45 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $1.45. The company earned $452.93 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $364.87 million. Hancock Whitney had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.73% and a net margin of 32.92%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.40 EPS.

Hancock Whitney declared a quarterly dividend on Sunday, May 28th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 5th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, June 15th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 2nd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) stock in their portfolio include Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE), Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF (XMVM), Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST), First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF (FTXO) and Invesco Raymond James SB-1 Equity ETF (RYJ).

Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.17%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 19.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HWC will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.48% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (14.02%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.17%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.91%), State Street Corp (4.77%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.03%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Carleton Richard Wilkins, Cecil W Knight Jr, Cecil W Knight, Jr, Christine L Pickering, Harry Merritt Lane III, Joan Cahill Teofilo, John M Hairston, Joseph S Exnicios, Michael M Achary and Sonia Perez.
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Shares of HWC 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 HWC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.89.

Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) has a market capitalization of $3.26 billion and generates $1.47 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $524.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.03 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 3,627 workers across the globe.

Hancock Whitney's mailing address is Hancock Whitney Plaza 2510 14th Street, GULFPORT MS, 39501. The official website for the company is www.hancockwhitney.com. The company can be reached via phone at (228) 868-4000, via email at investorrelations@hancockwhitney.com, or via fax at 228-868-4627.