Hancock Whitney Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:HWC)

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hancock Whitney in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" HWC shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HWC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 brokerages have issued 12 month price objectives for Hancock Whitney's stock. Their HWC share price targets range from $38.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $43.50 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.1%.
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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 8.2% and is now trading at $44.42.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 16th 2024.
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Hancock Whitney Co. (NASDAQ:HWC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 17th. The company reported $1.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.08. The firm earned $358.06 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $357.99 million. Hancock Whitney had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.95% and a net margin of 26.03%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.55 EPS.

Hancock Whitney announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 5th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Friday, December 15th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 4th.
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Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.76%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 21.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HWC will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.43% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Hancock Whitney (NASDAQ:HWC) stock in their portfolio include First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (QABA), Invesco KBW Regional Banking ETF (KBWR), SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), First Trust Mid Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FNK), First Trust Nasdaq Bank ETF (FTXO), Direxion Daily Regional Banks Bull 3x Shares (DPST), Invesco Raymond James SB-1 Equity ETF (RYJ) and First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FNX).

Hancock Whitney's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (3.83%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.54%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (2.44%), Channing Capital Management LLC (1.63%), Northern Trust Corp (1.49%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.26%). Insiders that own company stock include Carleton Richard Wilkins, 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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