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. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 4th. View Hancock Whitney's Dividend History.

Hancock Whitney Corp (NYSE:HWC) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 15th. The company reported $1.06 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.02. The firm earned $316.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $315.33 million. During the same period last 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.

5 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices 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 31.6% 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.

Media stories about HWC stock have been trending very negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 media sentiment score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 acquired 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 $34.96.

Hancock Whitney has a market capitalization of $3.05 billion. View Additional Information About Hancock Whitney.

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