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 Monday, October 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 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 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.02. The company earned $316.08 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $315.33 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.12 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Hancock Whitney's stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Hancock Whitney's share price to reach $46.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% 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.

News stories about HWC stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hancock Whitney earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Hancock Whitney.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hancock Whitney investors own include Hancock (HBHC), Costco Wholesale (COST), NVIDIA (NVDA), Church & Dwight (CHD), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Diplomat Pharmacy (DPLO), Halliburton (HAL), PolyOne (POL), PPG Industries (PPG) and American Airlines Group (AAL).

Hancock Whitney's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.33%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.30%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.27%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.20%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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 Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Skyline Asset Management LP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Neville Rodie & Shaw 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 $43.56.

Hancock Whitney has a market capitalization of $3.80 billion. View Additional Information About Hancock Whitney.

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