NYSE:HWCHancock Whitney Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hancock Whitney's stock was trading at $21.32 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HWC stock has decreased by 13.3% and is now trading at $18.49. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hancock Whitney in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Hancock Whitney.

Hancock Whitney is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 21st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Hancock Whitney.

Hancock Whitney will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, July 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Hancock Whitney Corp (NYSE:HWC) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported ($1.28) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $1.62. The business earned $319.02 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $308.63 million. Hancock Whitney's quarterly revenue was up 8.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.00 EPS. View Hancock Whitney's earnings history.

Hancock Whitney declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 5th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.84%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. View Hancock Whitney's dividend history.

6 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Hancock Whitney's stock. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $41.00. On average, they anticipate Hancock Whitney's share price to reach $30.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 65.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Hancock Whitney.

News headlines about HWC stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Hancock Whitney earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Hancock Whitney.

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

Hancock Whitney's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.30%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.29%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.23%) and Fourthstone LLC (0.06%). 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 Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. Company insiders that have sold Hancock Whitney company stock in the last year include Cecil W Knight Jr, and Joseph S Exnicios. View insider buying and selling activity for Hancock Whitney.

HWC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fourthstone LLC, Skyline Asset Management LP, and Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $18.49.

Hancock Whitney has a market capitalization of $1.60 billion.

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