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. 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 4th. View Hancock Whitney's Dividend History.

Hancock Whitney Corp (NYSE:HWC) released its quarterly earnings data 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 company earned $316.08 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $315.33 million. During the same period last year, the firm 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Hancock Whitney's shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Hancock Whitney's stock price to reach $46.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.7% 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 coverage about HWC stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hancock Whitney earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near 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), 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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.03%) and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (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 Strs Ohio, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Resource Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and State of Michigan 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 bought 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, Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . 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 $41.55.

Hancock Whitney has a market capitalization of $3.62 billion. View Additional Information About Hancock Whitney.

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