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 declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.48%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 4th. View Hancock Whitney's Dividend History.

Hancock Whitney Corp (NYSE:HWC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 15th. The company reported $1.06 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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 period last year, the firm earned $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.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Hancock Whitney's stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Hancock Whitney's stock price to reach $46.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hancock Whitney.

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

Press coverage about HWC stock has trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hancock Whitney earned a news sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. 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), 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 a number of 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.