With 1.16 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.67 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $60.29 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $59.075. The 52-week range on HWC shows that it touched its highest point at $62.40 and its lowest point at $43.90 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $69.00. With its current market cap of 5.16 billion, HWC has annualized dividend of $1.70 while the current yield stands at 2.82%. HWC paid its most recent dividend on 1749081600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1749081600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.12.
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 HWC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.59%, but this was up by 11.70% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 23.72% while six-month performance rose 4.53%. The stock gained 10.09% in the past year, while it has gained 17.89% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HWC yields 5.43 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.99. For the next quarter, that number is 1.43. This implies an EPS growth rate of 7.06% for this year and 5.97% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.97% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.29%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 85.35 million HWC shares are outstanding with a float of 84.60 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-13, short shares totaled 3.45 million, which was 403.0 higher than short shares on 1747267200. In addition to Mr. John M. Hairston as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Michael M. Achary CPA serves as its Senior EVP, CFO & Principal Accounting Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.89994 of HWC’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 HWC since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 HWC analysts setting a high price target of 70.0 and a low target of 62.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 65.125. Based on these targets, HWC could surge 16.2% to reach the target high and rise by 2.92% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 8.11% 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 $5.26147 being high and $5.13119 being low. For HWC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.20134. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.47 and the low estimate is $1.33. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.39.
