NYSE:HWC - Hancock Whitney Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hancock Whitney trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HWC."

Hancock Whitney announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 5th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 4th. View Hancock Whitney's Dividend History.

Hancock Whitney Corp (NYSE:HWC) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 15th. The company reported $1.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.02. The business earned $316.08 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $315.33 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.12 earnings per share. View Hancock Whitney's Earnings History.

Hancock Whitney is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 21st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hancock Whitney.

4 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Hancock Whitney's stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect Hancock Whitney's share price to reach $46.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hancock Whitney.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hancock Whitney in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Hancock Whitney.

Media coverage about HWC stock has trended negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hancock Whitney earned a news sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Hancock Whitney.

Some companies that are related to Hancock Whitney include ALERUS FINL COR/SH (ALRS), Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMDPF), Century Financial Corp PA (CYFL), CMNTY BK BAY OA/SH SH (CBYAA), DAVIS JEFF BANC/SH (JDVB), DELHI BK CORP/SH (DWNX), ELMER BANCORP I/SH (ELMA), First Bankers Trustshares (FBTT), Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV (GBOOF), Heritage NOLA Bancorp (HRGG), JOHN MARSHALL B/SH SH (JMSB), JONESTOWN BK &/SH (JNES), KBC Groep (KBCSF), PIRAEUS Bk S A/ADR (BPIRD) and PVT BANCORP OF/SH SH (PBAM).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hancock Whitney investors own include Hancock (HBHC), Gilead Sciences (GILD), IBM (IBM), Invesco (IVZ), KeyCorp (KEY), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Southern (SO), TELUS (TU), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC).

Hancock Whitney's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.96%), Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC (2.33%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.19%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.08%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.62%) and Prudential Financial Inc. (1.35%). Company insiders that own Hancock Whitney stock include Cecil W Knight Jr, Christine L Pickering, Joan Cahill Teofilo, John M Hairston and Joseph S Exnicios. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hancock Whitney.

HWC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cramer Rosenthal Mcglynn LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., William Blair Investment Management LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., State Street Corp, Man Group plc and Acadian Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Hancock Whitney company stock in the last year include Cecil W Knight Jr, Joan Cahill Teofilo and Joseph S Exnicios. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hancock Whitney.

HWC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, EJF Capital LLC, Shoals Capital Management LP, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, LSV Asset Management and Victory Capital Management Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hancock Whitney.

Shares of HWC 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 HWC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.78.

Hancock Whitney has a market capitalization of $3.47 billion. View Additional Information About Hancock Whitney.

The company can be reached via phone at (228) 868-4000.