With 0.84 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.24 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $58.82 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $56.96. The 52-week range on HTLF shows that it touched its highest point at $59.16 and its lowest point at $26.44 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $62.00. With its current market cap of 2.46 billion, HTLF has annualized dividend of $1.20 while the current yield stands at 2.09%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.95.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of HTLF was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.45%, but this was up by 8.75% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 35.46% while six-month performance rose 68.85%. The stock gained 93.69% in the past year, while it has gained 52.65% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HTLF yields 1.42 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.68. For the next quarter, that number is 1.17. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.03% for this year and -0.66% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 10.00% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -13.76%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 42.69 million HTLF shares are outstanding with a float of 42.07 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-08-30, short shares totaled 0.99 million, which was 229.99999999999997 higher than short shares on 1722384000. In addition to Mr. Bruce K. Lee as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Jay L. Kim Esq. serves as its Executive VP, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer & Corporate Secretary.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.79700994 of HTLF’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for HTLF since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
