With 0.82 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.18 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $12.35 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $11.2. The 52-week range on HMST shows that it touched its highest point at $16.10 and its lowest point at $8.09 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $12.50. HMST paid its most recent dividend on 1699315200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1699315200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.32.
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 HMST was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 30.12%, but this was up by 21.81% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 7.62% while six-month performance fell -23.06%. The stock lost -20.20% in the past year, while it has gained 5.17% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HMST yields -7.65 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.96. For the next quarter, that number is -0.07. This implies an EPS growth rate of 103.92% for this year and 220.00% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 18.86 million HMST shares are outstanding with a float of 18.18 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 0.56 million, which was 294.0 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Mr. Mark K. Mason CPA as the firm’s Executive Chairman, President & CEO, Mr. John Matthias Michel CPA serves as its Executive VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.83283997 of HMST’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 HMST since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With HMST analysts setting a high price target of 15.0 and a low target of 11.5, the average target price over the next 12 months is 13.125. Based on these targets, HMST could surge 24.9% to reach the target high and fall by -4.25% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 9.28% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$1.1977 being high and -$1.28896 being low. For HMST, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.24333.
